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999 <br /> .. ' - WELBORN DUFFORD BROWN 8 TOOLEY, P.C. <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> ROBERT F.WELBORN SUITE 1700 KEITH D. TOOLEY <br /> -"ILIP G. DUFFORD SCOTT <br /> OMAS G.BROWN 1700 BROADWAY MARLA J. VALDEZCKY <br /> LE TOOLEY (1933-1985) DENVER.COLORADO 802 9 0-1701 KAR N OE. TRAM <br /> KAREN OSTRANDER-KRUG <br /> DAVID W. FURGASON TELEPHONE (303) 861-8013 TERRY JO EPSTEIN <br /> WILLIAM C-ROBB THOMAS E.J. HAZARD <br /> JOHN F. WELBORN FACSIMILE (303) 832-3804 <br /> ROMAN C.PIBL <br /> BEVERLY J.OUAIL <br /> RICHARD L.FANYO <br /> PHILLIP D. BARBER <br /> GREGORY A.RUEGSEGGER <br /> JOHN F. MECK May 26, 1993 <br /> RANOALLJ. FEUERSTEIN <br /> S. KIRK INGEBRETSEN SPECIAL COUNSEL <br /> STEPHEN J. SULLIVAN MORRIS B. HECOX,JR, <br /> DOUGLAS P. RUEGSEGGER JAMES E.CARPENTER <br /> EDWARD D.WHITE 77 v7J CRAI A.C SHAFFER <br /> E <br /> PEGGYJ.ANDERSONMARC <br /> HAND DELIVERED p <br /> Mr. J. David Holm, Lirector <br /> Water Quality Control Division <br /> Colorado Department of Health <br /> 4210 E. llth Avenue <br /> Denver, CO 80220 <br /> Re: Sunnyside Gold/Reclamation Issues <br /> Dear Mr. Holm: <br /> Representatives of Sunnyside Gold have had several joint <br /> meetings, beginning about a year ago, with your staff and with <br /> the Division of Minerals and Geology regarding final reclama- <br /> tion issues at the Sunnyside Mine in San Juan County. The <br /> reclamation permit is in the status of temporary cessation, and <br /> maser reclamation activities slave been ongoing at the property <br /> for several yeare including Leclamation of historic tailings <br /> ponds and renla:n. Don of the Lake Emma area. The reclamation <br /> permit has included, and still includes, the conceptual <br /> plugging of this American Tunnel as part of the final <br /> reclamation plan. (See Enclosure No. 1) The company has <br /> engaged in substantial technical studies, as to the placement, <br /> design, and feasibility of plugging the tunnel, which have been <br /> provided to your staff and to the Division of Minerals and <br /> Geology as follows: <br /> • Simon Hydro-Search, February 11, 1992 <br /> Preliminary Characterization of the Hydrology and <br /> Water Chemistry of the Sunnyside Mine and Vicinity, <br /> San Juan County, Colorado. <br /> • John F. Abel, Jr. , Mining Engineer, March 10, 1993 <br /> Bulkhead Design for the Sunnyside Mine, Sunnyside <br /> Gold Corporation, An Echo Bay Company <br /> • Simon Hydro-Search, March 12, 1993 <br /> Evaluation of Hydraulic and Hydrochemical Aspects of <br /> Proposed Bulkheads, Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, <br /> Colorado. <br /> Additional copies can be provided. <br />