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<br />A Denver .Thursday. -The board heads are adequate in an
<br />:its operation over five more bulk
<br />?h s+;been~ordered by, the Colo• will rule next month on the' acres~rt~ !~ abandoned tunnel where water
<br />redoSi Bureau of Mined Land amount of the fine, which .But according to Bischoff, be- will•be stored. '
<br />~.R`eclamation to stop construe- ranges between $40 and $200 per fore the company received: the .. Once the company agrees to
<br />!,tibn of a mill at the Cash Mine day. ~ amended permit, company•em-. ~ meet`the conditions
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<br />ni•ar. Gold Hill. The Cash Mine, opened during ,
<br />ployees~began building the mill, some `construction on the mill
<br />' 'And the company, Gold Hill.. the gold boom of the 1870s, has considered an integral part of, and'~~begin' operation even
<br />;,Limited Venture Partnership, . operated periodically for more their operation. '.•4 thought the civil penalities for
<br />:: ~;faces,a fine of up to $200 per day. than a century under various . ~ Despite, ~ the order to cease :operating without a permit have
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<br />.' ownership. In 1983, the reclama- operation, however, ..Bischoff.., not yetbeen~assessed.
<br />.mill rwithout the proper state lion issued a permit for a limted said the board specified six con-.~ . ,,,
<br />.permit in early September. : impact mine for mining on two ditions•the' company must meet.-. Repeated attempts to contact
<br />iEd Bischoff, mining supervi- acres of land. Earlier this year, to ensure the mine is operated representatives of the mining
<br />sor •at the reclamation bureau, .the Gold Hitl Mining Co., prede• according to state regulation. ,,,company were unsuccessful.
<br />s id,the Mined Land Reclama- cessor of the current company ~ The conditions include' engi- .
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<br />t' ,stop work at a hearing in' an amended permit to expand . fngs heaps and insuring ~that;'~
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