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LC-~GL]E OF WOMEN VOTERS ~' ~-~ ~ `~ Ill IIIIIIIIIIIIII~~ <br />~ OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION ~~ <br />:.OLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO <br />llec. 21, 1977 <br />To tha itiined L~~~,t rtoulo-?;~;a• ion Board <br />R%: The Castle C~ncrota Company's applications t.o extend mining <br />oneraticns i.n c~~eon's Canyon and Fikeview .quarries, <br />I am Lae Gie.lor•, tI_tural Resource Chairman for the League of <br />:•fomen Votero of *.lre rii:es Pealc Region. <br />First, we grant tJ thank you for holding these haarings in Colorado <br />Sprints, and so «liouin,; for more loc.:l comment during the proceedings. <br />'.Je do feel that Lf~i.s is un awkward time of ,year to be holding such <br />hearings, and thy'; d<.:• meetings tend to exclude a lar,*,a segment of <br />the population. he„a that future scheduling will take this into <br />account. <br />The Lea~ua hc,~ saver:~l concerns with the expansion of the Castle <br />Quarry operat'o~ts, !9u- east activities of the :e quarries have considerably <br />detracted from ti~~. se~.nic vista of the front r>:nge which is one of <br />the prime attr^ctiJns for the tourist industry. Cne or more of these <br />mines is visibl~. t'ro:~ :,ost places in the Pikes Peak region. Phe fugitive <br />dust from thes~ o, t.•; ~i.:.ls is a frequent, visible detraction from <br />the esthetias ~r ti.e ,~.~~~.;ntains, :,nd certainly does not improve the <br />air quality pirtu~•~ .its the region. Past efforts at reclamatian have <br />not been partic~,lariy successful, and dust control hss seen difficult, <br />when it is att~,.c..ted ~L ell, <br />,Ie ~~eski :~ ~:~a r,Li.lity of Castle Concrete to perform rnuch differently <br />than it h::a i~, the ,~:c..t. ctestoration of this land a difficuat, <br />expensiva, and L.ii:~S an; years. In the mean tune, especiall;/ with <br />expanded ol,era i.n:; ut the quarries, damage will increase to ;he <br />esthetics, air ,,L,..].i t~ , _ ;d general quality of life in the Fil:es Peak <br />Region. For tn~ geed of the entire region, the Pities Peak Leal;ue of <br />Women 'Joters J:,~09:.3 I,I~e expansion of the Castle mining operas;ions <br />in the area. <br />Lee ~ieZler <br />127 Via Vallecito, ,•;s.nitou <br />q <br />Ai <br />r <br />F <br />t, <br />p <br />C <br />E <br />E <br />~ ' <br />r <br />1 ~ <br /> <br />t <br />