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Las C:rFrnadre,r de Sant Lois y eC(;nrtcfacfo de Cc~.ctr-C~a <br />P.(). Bvx 3ii3 <br />San ~..uis, G® 8115"?-0363 <br />719.ti72.3152 <br />L~sComadresSanLuis~c~ah~a.cc~rrY <br />"Quien a su Berra y !as a~egr~ias se aquerencta a sus nfetos attmenta. <br />~o care for your land and water is to nouri$h your{~rans~chilc~ren. " <br />i,-Colorado Division of Reclarxzatic~n <br />Mining and Safety, Room 215 <br />13 t 3 Sherman Street <br />Deriver, CO 80203 <br />and <br />Marclr 3; ~'Gd8 <br />~~~~~ <br />/MAR 10 200 <br />Division o f{eciamation, <br />(Mining anal .Safety <br />~ti1r. Wallace I-I. Erickson <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />70l Camino del Rio, Room 3'1S <br />Durango, CC) 80301 <br />Fax: 970. 247.51 fl4 / <br />,/ / ~ <br />lte: Objec~iot~ to the J~rnpos~d Sates Lues ~'rnject, AMI-A3, )~'erurrit ~Vo. iVVi-1988-1.1~ <br />Dear Sirs/Madarrzes: <br />I.cr.s Cva~:crdres c~c~ :Sate I iris is a grassroots eammuuity organization dedicated to the pre,~ervatian <br />of the ancestral traditions of the water and land-based villages and communities of Sauthern <br />Costilla County azld are committed co the observance of our historical inherited rights. It is our <br />mission to oversee the well-being of our children, families and elders and in that carne spirit, to <br />prosez•ve the remaining, agricultural lands of Southern Costilla County zoned as such, <br />A;;ri~rltural, . <br />It has come to our attention that Battle Mountain tic-ld Company aka Newmont .Mining is <br />proposing a new water supply autnrentation plan that. wrould change the use of the water supply <br />to divert water through a pipeline to augment their pumps and sprinklers. 'They claim that the <br />groundwater being pumped from the pits is now testing "cleaner" than it was 18 years ago. <br />The purpose of this letter is to register atzr concerns in this matter and to protest the request of <br />Battle Mountain Gold Company aka. Ne+vmozlt IUlizring in their new augmentation plan until such <br />time as a full disclosure by aforesaid company ~:arr t~sszzre Che residents of Sauthern Costilla <br />County that their minim; operation is not harznhzl to parsons, property, water, soil, other natural <br />resources and wildlife ht.bitat. <br />Las Carnac~i°e,s de Sara Luis are concerned that water contaminated in the mining process and <br />laden with. harmful chemicals will contaminate our water supply and the sails of Shalom Ranch <br />aka the Salazar Ranch adjacent to the Centennial School site where our children go to school anal <br />Hoar the town of San Luis. 't'he Shalom Ranch is lc7cated in close proximity to persons that live <br />in and around the area and whom rely upon ground wager to supply their domestic needs. The <br />