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~~~~ <br />COTTER <br />RE~~l~>~~~ <br />~u~ ss ~ zc~ <br />.~~~ <br />Giviaion of Minoraia ant GeatoAY <br />~1~1(iC~t~aa <br />6~~ <br />Russ Means <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ~ <br />Grand Junction Field Office <br />101 S. Third St, Room 301 <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 <br />t/ <br />RE: Permit No. M-1977-306 JD-9 Mine <br />June 27, 2005 <br />,T<< <br />JUN 2 8 2A05'~ <br /> <br />Mr. Means: / <br />Cotter Corporation has received the analytical results of the SPLP test on the waste rock <br />dump material at the JD-9 Mine. These results are attached, per your request during the <br />review of Permit No. M-1977-306 dated May 10, 2004. A sample of the ore being placed <br />in the surface stockpile has been submitted For SPLP analyses, also. The results of that <br />sample will be forwarded to you when Cotter receives them. <br />The waste sample was collected as a composite sample consisting of fragments broken <br />off of large waste rocks (>1 ft), fist-sized rocks, and grabs of fines in the waste pile. <br />These were collected randomly from several mine truckloads after they were dumped. <br />All of the new waste rock brought outside since the mine was restarted and all anticipated <br />in the mine's future is from development drifts in the upper sandstone unit of the Salt <br />Wash member of the Morrison formation, which is the ore-bearing horizon. <br />The ore sample was collected randomly around the ore stockpile located on the surface. <br />The parameters that were analyzed were discussed with Harry Posey in a March 1, 2005 <br />telephone conversation. These are the parameters from CDPHE Water Quality <br />Commission Regulation No. 35, for the Lower Dolores River Basin. The reporting limits <br />Cotter requested from the lab are based on hardness of the river water equal to 100 mg/1. <br />This hardness value used is an estimate. <br />If you have questions or need more information regarding the sampling, please contact <br />Dick White at Cotter Corporation's Nucla office, ph. 970-864-7347. <br />Respectfully, <br />Dick White, Project Geologist <br />Cotter Corporation <br />Cotter Corporation -West Slope Operations Telephone (970) 864-7347 <br />P.O. Box 700, 28151 DD Road, Nucla, CO 81424 USA Fax (970) 864-7287 <br />