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MINERAL COUNTY MINEfl Creede, CO (Mineral Counry) Thu, 1,D66 P~ ~n -7?_zi ' , omestake~t~• . ,,~~ s e 11 s outf ~t By Nare McMakon As part of the final reclamation of Homestake Mining Co.'s Bulldog Mine, most of the remaining build- ings and mining equipment at the mice have bcen sold to Cintar Equip- atent Co. Inc., of Parker. The sale took place late last month, said Bob Boppe, a Homestake engi- neer. The only buildings Homestake still owns are the office, :icsay lab and water tanks; and the only equipment is the heavy machinery being usedto reclaim the land, although Cintar will take possession of those when recla- mation is complete. Bill Martinic, president of Ciotar, said the assets the firm bought from Hotnestake are in goodcondition. He declined to discuss the price agreed to by HOmestake and Cintar, how- ever, as did Bo~pe. ~Cintar is trot a mining firm, it is a company which buys ail kinds of equipment and then sells to needy companies.lt has beenbased in Parker for about 6 years, said Martinic, and is about g years old. Previously, Cintar was based in Denver and Englewood. Boppe said the sale of the equip- ment and buildings is helping the reclamation process. "They're tearing buildings dowo like crazy," he said. "We sold the water treatment plartt, warehouses, the machine shop and storage sheds. All our mill and mining equipment was sold, and the only things we kept were the office equipment and our rolling stock." The roll ing stock includes two load- ers, a Kenwotth track, a tractor, two pickup trucks and a Ford Bronco. Wheo Homestake has finished re• claiming the mine area, that equip- nientwill revert to Cintar. Boppe said the recPamation i~pro- gressing slowly, but still progress- ing. "Right now we're working on the lower tailings pond and the loading ramp neaz Wason Ranch. The tail- ings pond has been breached and seeded, and after a little more reseed- ing it will be done. "The North Amethyst -what people call the Equity - is done. We've also sealed all the adits. The mine site needs to be reclaimed, but we won't get all that done this year. "As they move nut the buildings, though, we move right in behind them and do the reclamaion work." Boppe has said in previous inter- views that the entire area will most likely be reclaimed by late summer or fall 1994.