Laserfiche WebLink
~~ <br />588 Rambling Rd <br />Grand Junction, CO 81503 <br />Apri124, 1995 <br />__ <br />~I I I II I II I I~ II~~ II~ <br />999 <br />RECEIVED <br />APR 2 6 1995 <br />Division or M~nerais 8 Geology <br />Mr. Jim Stevens <br />Division of Mineral & Geology <br />Dept of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Deaz Mr. Stevens: <br />,Q~~ 0`1 <br />~~ <br />I am sending information on placer claims in the Nucla, Colorado, area. These claims were <br />staked in the years 1987 and 1988. My grandfather Marion F. Roy patented these claims in years <br />of 1903, 1912, and 1946. He sold the ranch in 1947 and reserved one-half (50%) of the oil, gas, <br />and mineral rights. In 1947, when mineral rights were reserved, the owners considered gravel <br />mineral because the rocks in this area do carry high mineralization. <br />The Sutherland Trucking Company, along with the owner of Silver Hawk Ranch, near Nucla, <br />Co. have an agreement to remove gravel and haul this gravel to Telluride Sand and Gravel in <br />Telluride, Co. None of the individuals who own mineral rights on the properiy were contacted by <br />the Sutherlands or the land owner as to the removal of gravcl from the property. The owner of the <br />Silver Hawk Ranch, George Glasser, did say after I contacted him that they had the surface area <br />tested and they have found some gold but it was not economically feasible to try to retrieve. They <br />did not test material at a depth of 40 feet, which gets close to bed rock and the gravel pit is a[ least <br />that deep. Also, the person who had done the testing is now deceased and there aze not test results <br />available. Since that time, I have done a great deal of testing of the gravel and sand and found the <br />material to be high in value. The material contains high levels of gold and silver and does have <br />some PGM (platinum group metals) in the material. <br />