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<br />Att; Sandy Brown <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Co. 80203 <br />RE: Permit-Revision <br />Dear Sandy, Marcia, and Dan <br />Facts: Let's look at the map that the revision has enclosed and the referral areas that were also <br />enclosed. Although, the revision is suppose to be directed at west of 27 road, most statements <br />have included numerous statements from east of 27 road. <br />#41 Labeled dryland pasture. This from day one was continuously irrigated and during drought <br />periods, handsets and big guns irrigated the entire area. Where did this water come from? <br />Also, this area produced 2 good cuttings of hay. 100 pounds per acre of fertilizer was being <br />applied, also. <br />Fact: 157 acres of land was being irrigated with 75shares of water. But take note of this, WFC <br />MADE me shut the headgate down to half and even sometimes more. The headgate controlled <br />the water which ran down a dtich across the dairy to a pond on WFC where I irrigated from. This <br />pond had a pipe going across to where my diesel pump was on the other side of the road. This <br />pipe had a stem above ground and this stem from the base to where it topped out was <br />approximately 6-8 feet. When the pond was at its capacity then water would run over the top of <br />this overflow stern. I would always be in trouble if for any reason the water would run over the <br />overflow, so the headgate would be shut more than half and even. Ross and other mine <br />supervisors would shut the headgate down if the water was spilling over. The point here is that ? <br />had enough water to irrigate the entire place with only half the water. This is all documented and <br />C'be provedl Except for when I was told to shut the water off for dust control and duri=ng very <br />serious drought years, the headgate was shut to at least half and I could irrigate 150 acrea off the <br />diesel pump by itself. <br />The diesel pump and the electric primp were on two separate systems and irrigated completely <br />different areas This is also a critical fact to prove this map does not reflect accurately what really <br />took place. WFC may show you what shares they had, but you do not have a copy of the <br />;novement of some of those shares to irrigate other areas. This is also documented material that <br />can prove the information to be inaccurate. <br />WFC says the Calamity draw to be equal to 100 shares. This statement is not accurate because <br />the electric pump was NEVER NEVER allowed to pump over 1000 gallons per minute. The <br />electric pinup had burned. up several times in the past and to eliminate that problem, we were <br />only allowed to run two siderolls and the flow meter was never allowed to read more than 1000 <br />gallons per minute. To get the 100 shares that is referred to, the pump would have to pump 1350 <br />gallons per minute. This is also all docuumented and can be proven. Also, the calamity draw at <br />the beginning when water was first turned in, would not support any tA- x of irrigation on WFC