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~II ~I~II~II~~~~~~I~ 999 n . ,j(i"...... vi•v~wn, P.~. ATTORNEYS AT LAW C. JOSEPH CROKER• 600 ALPINE BANK BUILDING MOAB, UTAH, OFFICE CHRISTOPHER G. McANANY 225 NORTH FIFTH STREET' 8 SOUTH 100 EAST JERRY W. CRIST- P.O. BOX 2202 MOAB, UTAH 84532 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81502-2202 (801) 259-5401 •nlso odmitted in Utnh (970) 241-1616 RF~ TELECOPIER (970) 241-9579 FBI/ , February 27, 1996 FfB Zy ~ ~~ Divisip~ of MiRerais & Gep%9Y Mr. Michael B. Long Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Re: P1-94-OI1, West Sad Gravel Pit No. 1 Surface Mining Permit Dear Mr. Long: My office represents Marion E. Shaw and the Bernice P. Houser Revocable Trust, two owners of mineral interests for patented placer mining claims in western Montrose County, Colorado. These parties have been involved in litigation with Sutherland Bros., Inc. and West End Sand and Gravel, Inc., in connection with a gravel pit operated by those parties on a part of the placer mining claim and which is permitted to do so by your agency. My clients have asked me to write to you with regard to misstatements they believe were made in the permit application submitted by West End sand and Gravel, Inc. Enclosed please find the Order issued by Judge Brown of the Montrose County District Court. That specific Order denied an injunction to my clients to halt ongoing gravel extraction activities on the property. However, the Court did recognize the validity of the mineral interest held by Shaw and Houser, among others. Mr. Shaw asked that your office be provided with a copy of this Order. In addition it became apparent that West End may not have been completely truthful to your agency in its permit application with regard to the ownership of the subsurface rights on the property that is subject to the permit application. The license application attached hereto designates Silver Hawk, Ltd., as the owner of the subsurface rights. While it is true that West