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1 <br />~ - ' ..; <br />Panel OKs <br />mining plan <br />. - .~~ . . <br />~,, -. iii. Douglas <br />~ ~ ~ Roeky Mountain News Cepltol Bureeu <br />=-.yM; controversial proposal to de- <br />-~.velop a.granite mine near a state <br />-: parkin Douglas County passed its <br />"'fir?JC° test- yesterday, but it stilt <br />.:__ :±~n`eeds approval from local officials <br />=-.More work can begin. <br />~:~~olorado Mined Land Reclama- <br />y ~~on .Board members gave unani- <br />~mgus: endorsement yesterday to a <br />y,Rermit far the rhyolite mining pro- <br />-.jecl on a 1,606-acre site near <br />Gastlewoad Canyon State Park. <br />`-The property was leased to Hal- <br />^lett Materials Inc., a mining firm <br />.based in Boone, Iowa, by State Sen. <br />doe. Witdcler, R-Castle Rock, who <br />,;operates acattle ranch in the area. <br />;;'Opponents of the mine had criti- <br />cized Winkler for leasing the land <br />;..-toahe mining company after help- <br />' ing to kill a proposal in the legisla- <br />.t~re that the rhyolite be mined <br />;;troth the park itself. <br />Several critics of the proposed <br />'_ .mining operation testified against <br />'the plan yesterday, despite the <br />' =.tioard's explanation that it was <br />`;gbncerned only with the ability of <br />`; She company to carry out the min- <br />.ing operation and the restoration <br />': o~-the land. ' <br />. Hallett Materials now must get <br />'.permit approval from Douglas <br />County authorities for the mining <br />••niect. <br />