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Application from Anglo Gold Ashanti mining Page 1 of 3 <br />Keffelew, Berhan <br />From: Waldron, Tony <br />Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:44 PM <br />To: Keffelew, Berhan <br />Subject: FW: Application from Anglo Gold Ashanti mining <br />So it starts..., looks like he's early with his comments. <br />From: Bell, Deb <br />Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 5:49 PM <br />To: Mount, Carl; Waldron, Tony <br />Subject: FW: Application from Anglo Gold Ashanti mining <br />from the web <br />From: Carl Poch [mailto:cpoch99 @yahoo.com] <br />Sent: Sun 4/27/2008 7:59 AM <br />To: Bell, Deb <br />Subject: Application from Anglo Gold Ashanti mining <br />You have received an application (on April 15, 2008) from the <br />Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine owned and managed by the <br />South African company Anglo Gold Ashanti. <br />This proposed expansion of their operations greatly impacts the <br />Cripple Creek Historic District and the life of all of the <br />residents of the City of Cripple Creek. <br />Let me start by giving you a description of the Historic <br />District. <br />The boundary of the district is defined by high points around <br />Cripple Creek to include the "natural setting reminiscent of the <br />historic environment. Additionally, it encloses part of the <br />extent of Poverty Gulch where some of the original ore <br />discoveries were made as well as the County Hospital building <br />which is located outside the town limits." It runs <br />from the peak of Mineral Hill (elevation 10,255 feet) southwest <br />to a peak (elevation 9,855 feet), then to northeast corner of <br />Mount Pisgah cemetery, then south along the east border of the <br />cemetery to its southeast corner, then southeast to the peak <br />that is 1600 feet to the northwest of Signal Hill (at elevation <br />9731), then northeast to the summit of Globe Hill (elevation <br />10,436), then northwest to peak of Carbonate Hill (elevation <br />10,335), finally east back to the peak of Mineral Hill. <br />Currently, the mine has dumped 50 -60 foot high waste rock <br />tailings all over the top of these peaks and now proposes to <br />strip mine approximately 25% of the historic district! <br />Last year our Heritage Center was completed using 4.5 million <br />dollars of our share of the Colorado Historic Preservation <br />funds. This beautiful building has a great view of the <br />5/14/2008 <br />