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commence sampling at this location prior to using it for water storage. <br />3. The sampling point at the Hazel A. Mine can be eliminated from the sites required <br />for water monitoring, since it is no longer being used to collect excess storm water <br />runoff from within the tailings pond. If the Hazel A. is used for any water storage <br />associated with milling operations in the future, the Operator will consult with the <br />Division prior to using the mine for this purpose. <br />4. Gold Hill Mines will continue sampling all four monitoring wells located below the <br />mill's tailings impoundment. A compilation of all of the water samples taken from <br />these wells will be submitted to the Division in order to support our request to <br />eliminate Mill Well No.3 (MW -3) and Mill Well No.4 (MW -4) from future water <br />sampling. Nothing anomalous has ever been detected in any of the quarterly <br />water samples taken from either of these wells, and we would like to preserve our <br />request to eliminate these two locations from future water sampling following <br />further review by the Division. <br />5. Mine Well No. 1 (MW -1) has been used for several years to evaluate ground <br />water quality for the mining and milling operations conducted in this area of the <br />Gold Hill Mining District. Gold Hill Mines will provide the Division with the <br />information that it has to support the selection of this monitoring well as the <br />compliance point for Rule 3.1.7(6) and its use for that purpose for both permits. <br />6. Gold Hill Mines will continue sampling for the parameters that the Division <br />indicated it will require until we submit more information to support our request to <br />eliminate some of the elements that we consider to be unnecessary. <br />This is Gold Hill Mines, Inc.'s initial response to your Adequacy Review Letter, and I will <br />be in contact with you as we assemble the information to support our request to revise <br />the water quality monitoring requirements for this permit. Thank you for your assistance <br />with this request for a Technical Revision for the Gold Hill Mill's Permit No. M1994 -117. <br />Very Truly Yours, <br />'.*4.— <br />Mark A. Steen <br />For: Gold Hill Mines, Inc. <br />