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Webster Sand & Gravel 145 S. Toledo Leadville, CO 80461 (719) 486-0427 (phone & fax) Attention: Mary Rodriguez Division Of Reclamation Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman St., Room215 Denver, Colorado 80203 May 20, 2010 Re: Annual Report and Filing Fee Dear Mary, I apologize for this report being so late. I am enclosing the 2009 yearly report and filing fee. I've also enclosed a map showing current mining activity. This past year we have opened up approximately 2.5 - 2.75 acres of land. This area is along the western portion of our pit as designated in blue on the enclosed map. This area had many dead trees infested with pine beetles. The topsoil from this area was stockpiled and will not be sold.. We are continuing to mine southward from our previous position. Approximately eighty percent of our total product sold each year is masonry sand. We process the top four to six feet of gravel for road base and aggregate and underneath that is our main product of sand. We did not sale any fill dirt or top soil in 2009 as we are saving this for future reclamation. No reclamation has occurred as there are many years of product to be mined. In the annual report for 2006, I enclosed a list of equipment and items sold at auction in June 2006. This resulted in a great reduction of equipment present at the pit.. I requested an adjustment on the calculated cost of removal of the equipment at the pit and a corresponding reduction in the required warranty bond. We are continuing to clean up our pit as there had accumulated lots of scrap items since my grandfather started mining here in 1947. The following is a list of our cleanup efforts for 2009: -- scrap steel removed: 118.64 tons -- electric motors scrapped and removed: 4.56 tons -- misc. aluminum, copper, brass, and old radiators removed: 1.33 tons -- Total tons of scrap removed: 124.53 tons -- We also took four tandem dump truck loads of misc. trash, old wood and other debris to the Lake County Landfill. I recently received a letter inquiring about whether we had a water augmentation plan. We do have a plan of augmentation, case no. 89 CW 21. We have stock in the Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Company (certificate no. 8076). Our mining activity is seasonal due to the weather at over 10,000 feet elevation. We usually start mining by the latter part of May and cease activity around the first part of November. We haul out of our stockpiles during the winter. We are operating as Webster Sand & Gravel, LLC and our FEIN is We have three trusts which are the owning members of the LLC. We are in the process of changing the name on the financial warranty CD from the third party of the Charles J. Webster Estate to Webster Sand & Gravel, LLC. Elizabeth Marry has been working with us and the people at American