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D nber 31, 2007 1 , <br />JAN ? 0 200$ <br />Division of Iieclatnativ Mming, and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street Llivm n and amatlon, <br />Mi n4ng and Safety <br />Room 215 ) <br />I]cnvor, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: technical Revision to the New Horizon Mine Permit No. C•81-00$ . This Technical <br />p,evision is to Section 2.05.4(2)e. This is by Western Fuels-Coloradoi (WFG') in Nucla, CO. <br />Dear Sir's: <br />1 am writiad?g this letter as a formal protest to the application Techtical Revision to Th%be <br />is <br />New I30rizon Mine Pemait No. C-81-008. Also to the rc wWsl of their exist?g - <br />, from <br />TechnxW Revision cotters the d=90 in Success Stud arda xn Ixrigated Feature s <br />standard ua a reference area. <br />I have lived in N'ucla most of my life and I amA laDdawoar in the ? affected by Vk, I morn <br />faanilfar with this ame, the people who ate landowners , and the agricultural uses of the laad <br />in the ama. A uhm has beet a wftius of this area smCe Nucln bec=c a town and was, <br />in OcL the reason ft-town olfNucia evolved in 1906. Land in this arch lass been and still is <br />utilized for crape such as alfalfa, oars, wheat, and oats, etc. Some of the land is used as. irrigated <br />paspn eland, but tWs is usually the inferior land that is not as well sum foe' crap WdWdOW <br />Even cmp iand,. once-hmested , ius pasoned. Thin is not the parimmty use of the aem#ge and <br />sboWd not be how it is classified. <br />11gs is one reason for my protest. The Morn propeny *r-h is the property, <br />in question, is i trigmzd farmland . A#1tx inspection of the revision; this <br />propaty along with Boons, Lloyds, Jolmsona, etc. are all to be classified <br />as DRYLAND. This is wheard of Just prior to the talm over of the Sunsbine <br />Cot= of Morgans, We purcbased 200 ton of prime Alfalfa Hay. The Morgans <br />have always planted Alfalfa and the Sunshine Place was some of the preWO t <br />fields in the country. 'T'hese lands brave always been irrigated emp lands with <br />very high yields. <br />I atn obje g and would like to we all of this land in question put b the <br />way it was or better prier to the leases Food is not overly plentiful in Nucla <br />and all of these prime f Hands should be put back aye mach- Dry land is <br />out of the question and there is water available to put these lands back. <br />Some of the Morgan property being miffed has sense of the best wpdsoil <br />here. <br />T1=k y044