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5~ <br />Miner clair~rs-''r'~gulatio~~s <br />destroying way of life <br />By KATE READIO inspectors Naz Mosch vitl were tMsch. <br /> harazsing him. The inspectors An Idaho Springs resident. <br />The Orsr time AI Mosch gat weR going m One him 510,000 Idosch has a svong Nederland <br />really mad about m~inor~ rag- for two cans of gas (het were <:onnecuon. His maheq Baty <br />Wations he grabhedTi s nTle and stored in his mine near Idaho Mosch, lives In Ne well-kept <br />srarte0 n go after the Iwo in- Springs, and Mosch vys he hadn7 Preen louse he built fa her m <br />specbrs who had Nrramned him even operc0 the mine for work Nederland. He visiad his mom <br />wish a 510,000 fore. W t year. lass week m unwind a bit. <br />Something stopped him, '1 got a call orc mooring form Lobbying Ne suR legislalurc on <br />(hough, and instead he picked up Ne 9llamey general of Ne UnitW tehWf o('mom rail pop' minus <br />his pencil and leper. Stile. 1 was about to answer, nearly full~time for Ne pazt Iwo <br />Several lencrwriting campaigns 'Yeah, and I'm Die president; but weeks k(t AI, 56, exhausted. <br />later, March is riow an experi~ Then he gave me a WATS number pt's (artier end grendfamer were <br />ercjd advo:aR fa M1o elute-man to call him bsk on; loth Colorado miners. It's a way <br />and pop miners in Ne sum of It seems Nat Ne auaney gercrd of life he and M1is mom chmsh, <br />Coorado. ~haltone of MoschS letters on his IoI They feu its a way of hfe Nor <br />The Orst kuer-writing campvgn desk wiN a note from President is disappearing fan. <br />cost him 58] in posuge but re- Reagan. 'The noR vid 'Please 'The marker isn't mo bad, at <br />sullrA in an invutigaticn by Ne tike imme0~aR anion on this bast fa pRCious muals,'said Al. <br />luslire Depsnmult of Ne mine problem of harassment; 'says (Sao papa 3) <br />~/ <br />iE8 1 9 9~F7 <br />NEDERLAND <br />MOUNTAIN-EAR <br />i. <br />COLORADO <br />PRESS <br />Clipping Service <br />penver. Colorado 80204 <br />mining regulations <br />(COnsinuatl Irom page I) <br />'It's the regulations that are <br />killing us.' Fla descnbu Ne rcgu- <br />hmav az ehuge suck of paper <br />Dul requves a lawyer, or some- <br />Dmu several lawyer m under- <br />61aR1, <br />Protecting Ne environment is <br />irnporlarit, Mosch vid. "I'm <br />practiWly a vegetarian arq 1 ran i <br />shoot a deer. 1 believe in pm. <br />Rcting We environment, but <br />mom and (vrp mortis aR treated <br />Dle same u Amac, which has 100 <br />employees. So mast of us art out <br />of 6usuteas atW hiding like boot. <br />leggen' <br />During Ole LLst IS Y•°^ iia been <br />grrung progressively worse for <br />miners working small claims to <br />trl m make • living, he said. <br />When a whole (amity is In- <br />volved Nmining Itke the Moschs <br />ve, Nat's imponanr. AI's wife <br />Pntricis was Orfl woman to <br />grtluaR floral Colorado SrAaol of <br />Mines wiN two degree at once, <br />or,e in geological end one in <br />mining engineering. AI antl <br />Paviciei daughter and son aR <br />bath mming engineers. <br />nl'a lobbying at Ne staR npiml <br />this year has resuhed m Ne <br />rccogmtion by some sea kgis- <br />Imon mat miners wdh small <br />opemticns may need more Rlief. <br />'My furling in a time like Nis <br />is thnt we nmd b ercoaage .tmag <br />mircrs and make sort Ney rt not <br />bogged down with paperwork,' <br />meetings wiN miners and Ne <br />Mirlyd Land Reclamation Board, <br />Hopper satl.'We'R going m try <br />m address Ne concerns of miners <br />WIN LIaYn9 of ICa9 Illa11 OIIC 8CR <br />who dOn't u5C bxic mdlGialf.' <br />In Ne meantime, Al Mosch u <br />vying m get miners wiN mull <br />operations together. "Most of <br />Nese ktde guys are too proud b <br />admh Ney have a pobem." <br />Mosch admiu Nat his first <br />attempts to work within Ne <br />system weR inWnidating. "I waz <br />.r..:a .... r a .......-. ,... . <br />"1'se came out b fight a die: So <br />far. Mosch sap he Kinks Ne <br />sys¢m works.'You have m have <br />you (ace straight and h willing <br />b I'ut in a Ottle utra allot <br />He vys Ne effon might be moR <br /><lfrctive, Nough, i! other mlrcrs <br />joined h'un.'lll get Nem plugged <br />tram my word praecsnr, and we'B <br />work togWer." <br />Miners or anyone interested in <br />helping can wriR w AI Mosch az <br />P.O. Box 5J7, Idaho Springs, CO <br />BOa52. <br />AL MOBCH with a pinVra M his pranMather Rudoa Garhad Von <br />Mooch, who slNatl the Mrvrli lamily'a bva a8air whh fobrado mining. <br />ar I(Y a~fe <br />