2009-03-09_REVISION - M1994117

• Permit No: M1994117
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 3/9/2009
• Doc Name: Comments
• From: Boulder County
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: TR7
• Email Name: AJW
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Courthouse Annex • 2045 13th Street • Boulder, Colorado 80302 • Tel: [phone] • Fax: [phone]
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 471 • Boulder, Colorado 80306 • www.bouldercounty.org
March 4, 2009
Ron Cattany, Director
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
1313 Sherman St., Rm. 215
Denver, CO 80203
It has come to our att, efWon the owners of the Gold Hill Mill have requested a technical revision to
their permit #-1994-TI 7. As I understand the request the technical revision is to include material
from the Cross mine in the Gold Hill Mill process stream. The importation of this material from
another mine for processing at the Gold Hill Mill appears to violate Boulder County's Zoning
regulations and past decisions approving both this facility along with the Cross Mine site.
The mill was recognized by the County to process materials from claims associated and listed with
the building permit issued for the mill in 1985 and letters from Mark Steen dated November 1, 1984,
and July 30, 1985. This area was the area immediately adjacent to the facility and does not include
the Cross Mine site, which is over 10 miles away. The Cross Mine recently went through County
approval process (SU-08-006 Calais Cross Mine Expansion) and the exportation of materials to
another site was not approved or considered during that review.
The County's determination that the Gold Hill Mill could only process ore from these parcels was
upheld by the Boulder County Board of Adjustment (AP-94-13). The staff recommendation for the
Board references BP-94-1213, which contained stipulations: "To process minerals extracted from the
property only" and "Milling accessory to underground mining on the same property only - no custom
milling using imported ore." The staff recommendation goes on to clarify that, "[i]n a most strict
application of the Zoning Resolution, the Gold Hill Mill would only be allowed to mill ore from the
property on which it is located: portions of the Oscar and Good Enough Lodes.... However, the
Zoning Administrator has made a more reasonable determination with respect to the location of
sources of ore. The sources for ore represented to the Land Use Department at the time the mill was
proposed were acceptable at the time, and are acceptable now."
The Board of Adjustment decision stated: "to verify compliance in this regard, we are requiring that
you, the owner of the property, provide copies of all documents submitted to the Division of Minerals
and Geology that disclose the location of the sources of all ore to be processed at the Gold Hill Mill.
This includes any quantity for any purpose. To ensure that this information is provided in a timely
manner, we are requiring that you provide this documentation by the 10`h of each month for the
preceding calendar month..." We have not received any materials from the owners of the Gold Hill
Mill regarding this revision request.
Again the requested technical revision appears to be in violation of our local zoning regulations and
should not be approved.
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Land Use Director Ft?CEWD
cc: Mount Royale Ventures MAR 09 2009
Calais Resources/Tom Hendricks
Cindy Domenico County Commissioner
Ben Pearlman County Commissioner
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Mining and Safellr
Will Toor County Commissioner