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I am asking or writing you this letter urging approval of PR06 on the <br />Morgan property. The ground that we have disturbed or mined at this time <br />was never farmed except for maybe 10 to 15 acres, and half of that was <br />being cleared for farming when we came on to the Morgan's , Garrett's, and <br />Benson's properties on the West side of 2300 rd. Nucla Colorado. <br />My personal opinion is that Mike and Jo Ellen Morgan have worked as the <br />farmers of the reclaimed ground and they have done a good job. They have <br />been watching everything since we have started on they're property. First it <br />was the giving away of the wood that we knocked down, (100 yr old <br />cottonwood trees) we could not push them in the pit to get rid of them, so the <br />mine let folks from the community cut the wood for home use. Then there <br />were water issues with weld together plastic pipe. Then a fence was installed <br />to keep livestock off mine property and problems with the fence (I know for <br />a fact because I built most of it). Then as employee Mike and Jo Ellen <br />Morgan were terminated or lost the farming contract. I personally think with <br />out the job they both had nothing else to do but to find fault with everything <br />that was being done to the land. <br />The reclamation that we have done to the other land owner's property, prior <br />to theirs, has and will be worth 10 times more and produce 10 times more <br />than it ever has in the past 50 years. <br />I have been on all councils, town, hospital, fireboard, school athletic, <br />fireman for 21 years, I know most everyone in this small community. I have <br />lost most of my family to mining uranium, gold, coal, and copper, both open <br />pit and under ground. <br />Colorado was formed around mining I know the rules have changed so much <br />and for the better. I want to stay here in Nucla and probably die here but I <br />don't want to go out broke. Thank you for your time. Please help us keep all <br />21 of our jobs. <br />Sincerely, <br />Michael E. Zunich