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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmenl of Natural Resources <br />131 3 Sherman Sl., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: 13031 86F-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />I~~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />Memorandum <br />To: Golden Eag! Citizen's Comp/aint frle (C-81-013) <br />From: Randy Price <br />Dale: OJ/30/1995 <br />Subject: Tree at Ventilation Fan on Tatum Property, Golden Eagle Mine (C-81-013) <br />Ray Romer <br />Governor <br />Eveculive Direcbr <br />Michael B. Long <br />Division Dneaor <br />During my inspection of the Golden Eagle mine on the week of March 20, 1995, I noted a tree that <br />had been struck by lightning. This tree and three smaller trees have been a citizen's complaint issue <br />because of their proximity to the ventilation fan. These trees show stress and one small tree appeared <br />dead at this time. The tree that had been struck is the largest, and is a Ponderosa pine located 15 feet <br />northeast of the ventilation fan. This tree is not directly in the path of the blast from the fan. <br />This is the first time that I notice, that this tree had been struck by lightning. There was a spiral down <br />the tree where the bark had been blown off and un-weathered red bark had been exposed. In some <br />portions of the tree all the bazk was blown off; the cambium was exposed and sap was flowing. <br />Several Polaroid photos were taken. It appears that lightning struck about 6 feet from the top of the <br />tree and spiraled down. A review of photographs taken in the spring of 1994 did not show the damage <br />from the lightning strike. <br />