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~ III IIIIIIIIIIIII III ~ DIVISION OE MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Deparrmem n( Nawral Resources I31 3 Sherman 51., Ronm 215 Denver, Colorado 80703 Phone I]031 H6G-35b; FA%. L'Ull HR-HIUb March 16, 2000 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF M[NERALS GEOLOGY RECLAMATION MINING•$A FE TY 8d1 p„ens Cu~emnr Creg E Wal<her Executive Dire~lor Mr. David Buster hnchael B. Long ELB Stone, Inc. Div;9i~n Director P.O. Box 42 Fairlee, VT 05045 RE: Beech Hill Quarry (Permit No. M-81-107Z" Quarry D (Permit No. bt-82-028), Quarry A, B & C (Permit No. M-84-081), Windy Point Quarry (Permit No. M-93-037) &ELB Hotchkiss (M-98- 072) ' Deaz Mr. Buster This letter is in response to your January 16, 2000 letter regazding the above mentioned quarries located on your family's property, specifically, in portions of the N'/ of Section 31, Range 70W, Township 4N of the 6`h P.M. in Lorimer County, Colorado. As you aze awaze, the Division conducted a number of inspections to determine the location of the above-mentioned quarries on your family's property and to~survey the-total affected azea for each quarry. The inspections were conducted on February 28, 2000, March 3, 2000 and Mazch 9, 2000. [n addition to the field inspections, the Division reseazched the Mining and Reclamation Permit files located at our office to gain a better understanding of the history of each quarry. The summary and findings of each site can be found in the attached inspection reports. In summary, four of the five sites noted above aze either mining outside the permit boundary or have some sort of permit overlap (excluding ELB Hotchkiss M-98-072). Each site was surveyed using the Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine the affected azea. With the assistance of ELB Stone Inc. and Blue Mountain Stone, the Division was able to locate the existing permit boundary markers, the affected land disturbance and "pre-law" disturbance. These azeas were taken into account in the GPS survey to create an accurate picture of the quarrying activity. However, the various permit overlaps were impossible to detetrrtine in the field because of the poor quality of permit maps on file and lack of sufficient permit boundary mazkers where the overlap occurs. The Division understands that ELB Stone, Inc. recently assumed the above mentioned permits and the associated problems created by the past operators and permittees. The Division would like to thank ELB Stone for bringing this matter to our attention, and your assistance during the various inspections. It is the policy of The Mined Land Reclamation Boazd (MLRB) to work with operators for self-reported