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Old On It Ida ill <br /> TrI Ulle com <br /> Published Every Thursday Since 1883 <br /> In NVestcliftc.Colorado <br /> 1 1 <br /> 7/13/2016 Land use officials in the dark over proposed mining <br /> operation here <br /> Ta b I e of Contents Canadian firm, Viscount Mines, claims that exploratory <br /> drilling will begin soon What some have thought might be <br /> the hum and thrum of mining equipment, is most likely the <br /> throb of entrepreneurial hearts envisioning silver and gold <br /> Hayden Pass Fire burns 12,000 acres;Lutheran Camp once again spilling out of Silver Cliff and Rosita. Viscount <br /> evacuated Mines, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada <br /> recently submitted a press release to the public announcing a <br /> Custer County initiates strict Stage 1 fire ban phase 1 exploration program in some 96 lode claims within <br /> the historic Hardscrabble Silver District. Jim MacKenzie, <br /> Land use officials in the dark CEO and Director of Viscount, writes in the release, <br /> over proposed mining operation here accessible at www.marketwired.com, "The Company will <br /> begin drilling later this year for the confirmation of the <br /> Dust off those boots for loth historical geological work and resource estimation, to <br /> Westcliffe Stampede substantiate the value of Silver Cliff...We are very excited to <br /> The Custer County Fair! have our geological team on the ground to confirm and build <br /> Stage production"Audition"to on the historical reserve...We feel that Silver Cliff has the <br /> showcase Broadway's best potential for one or more world-class silver deposits that <br /> could be defined within the existing claims...In this first <br /> Too Close for Comfort phase, the Company has an exploration target of 40 to 50 <br /> Peaks of the Past million ounces of silver."The spot market price for silver <br /> yesterday, Wednesday, July 13, was $30.34 per ounce; the <br /> gold price was $1,368.80 per ounce. The statement describes <br /> Viscount as "an exploration company with a portfolio of gold <br /> and silver properties in the Western United States, including <br /> Cherry Creek in Nevada and Silver Cliff in Colorado."As of <br /> this writing, emails and phone calls to Viscount have not <br /> resulted in any confirmation of who it is that is "on the <br /> ground"here, any time line for development, or how it is that <br /> 96 lode claims in Rosita and on the northern outskirts of <br /> Silver Cliff are in the Viscount "portfolio." In the meantime, <br /> the federal, state, county, and town agencies that would <br /> ordinarily, and by rules and regulations, be notified of a <br /> dining exploration operation have not heard of Viscount. <br /> leen Squire, Silver Cliff Clerk, had read the press release, <br /> 91 - <br /> nd has to date no contact from Viscount. When County <br /> ,ssessor J.D. Henrich perused the platting maps of the lode <br /> laims, he could produce no record of Viscount's presence <br /> KL R sere. To Henrich's knowledge, there has been no separation <br /> of the mineral rights from the property ownership of the <br /> claims, and no notice of intention to begin exploration on the <br /> former mining sites. "They have their history right,"he said, <br /> as he read Viscount's rendition of what previous companies <br />