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iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ,. <br />TELEPHONE 303-867-8074 <br />P. O. BOX 983 <br />MORGAN SAND AND GRAVEL. INC. <br />PLANT 3 MILES NORTH OF FORT MORGAN ON HIGHWAY 52 <br />FORT MORGAN. COLORADO 80701 <br />November 21, 1984 <br />RECEIVED <br />Mr. Bradford Janes <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division N O V 2 3 1984 <br />Depaztment of Natural Resources ,/- - <br />423 Centennial Building MINER LAND RECLAMATIDN DIVISION <br />1313 Sherman Street Colo. Dept. of Neturel Resources <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Janes: <br />This is a short history of the westhoBf Pit, which has been in the family <br />for over 40 years to make you more familiar with it. <br />The pit was opened in the 1920's by area farmers and in the 50's and 60's <br />leased to Morgan County and to Dorn's Sand & Gravel Co. In 1972 I go into <br />the gravel business xith Morgan Sand & Gravel being the company name. <br />In 1979 the company obtained a mining permit at xhich time xe xere involved <br />in supplying material to the Paxnee Poxer Station and xere threatened xlth <br />a stop order from the bureau if we did not get the permit. So to save time, <br />I permitted the entire 40 acres xhere xe xere working even though part of <br />the 40 had already been mined out by the county and Dorn's yeazs previously. <br />The map enclosed is made from a recent aerial photo obtained from the ASC <br />office in Morgan County and is color coded for clarity. This map shoxs <br />that there is 18 acres undisturbed, 11 acres xhere xe have mined and have <br />partially reclaimed by placing top soil and manure xith only mulshing and <br />seeding left to do. Four acres are used in active mining nox and for future <br />use and 1 acreafor old stock piles of screenings. Also, 6 acres xhich was <br />mined out yeazs ago by the County and Dorn's. Adjacent ground zest of the <br />permitted 40 acres xas also mined out by the County and Dorn's. <br />There Ss no reason to have the entire 40 acres permitted as xe have confined <br />our operations in the 4 acre area. Therefore, I xould like to abolish the <br />18 acres undisturbed from the permit and the remaing 22 acres bonded as the <br />map shoxs: <br />11 acres Minor Disturbance <br />4 acres Major or Active Mining <br />1 acre Stockpiles <br />6 acres Previously mined by the County and Dorn's <br />My rec~iming costs are enclosed and have been put together by outside contrac- <br />tors. <br />Si~l , ~- ~. <br />l~ <br />/Geo Westhoff I ~ <br />