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2011-06-02 10:05 DBMS } 3038328106 » 9702475" '- <br />PA ? _ t"1 I L UL-- <br />To: Colorado Department of Reclamation Mining Safety. <br />Comments to: May Day Idaho Mine Complex, File# 14-1981-185. <br />P 2/3 <br />RECEIV <br />JUN 0 2 2011 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />W--Q ) <br />I and my wife have resided at 5038 CR 124 LaPlata County for 15 years, we are 100' north of the <br />Idaho properties. Both properties are located in the California Mining district. <br />When we purchased our property we were well aware of our surrounding's and the mining activity <br />around usl I was as matter of fact offered a job at the Tippy Canoe, unfortunately the CO_ decided not to <br />run that year because of low market values, The May Day also was in the shutdown process, the Incas <br />Mine pushed ahead with pilot operations and I was able to secure some part time employment there. <br />There was and is numeurs claims that where and still active. <br />I am concerned that the that the permitting process has become so regulated that we have lost our <br />rights to mine essential minerals that are in demand for this tec. Society we find our selfs in. Together I <br />believe we can make small operations like this not only work but thrive. For the most part I believe that <br />people want to make an honest living. This brings me to the past actions of the previous president and <br />operator of the Wildcat mining Corporation. In the past 5 years I watched as Wildcat self-destructed <br />and left a wake of distrust and destruction in its path giving area miners a bad reputation they don't <br />deserve. Whatever their motives were they sure did not include the surrounding environment, <br />neighbors ect,ect,ett. <br />When the new Management group contacted us, I was on the skeptic side for sure As time pasted <br />and a little research I believe that the new Wildcat is more in line with my own morels, openness, <br />honesty, truth, and a desire to make an honest living. I would like to work for a Company like that. Lord <br />knows this economy needs all the help it can get. <br />I truly believe that this and other Colorado communities can mine needed resources cleaner and <br />better than anywhere else on the Planet and to it in balance with our surrounding's. <br />Thank you for your efforts on this matter! <br />Gary Gibbon