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<br />ALAMOSA
<br />VALLEY COURIER
<br />FEB 231989
<br />COLORADO v
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<br />ursday, February 23, 1989 '~ Alamd~
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<br />;, , ByDANA11NF.44'AS the Colorado Mined Land He said, "IE it had not beea for
<br />CourlerCorreapoadeat ReclamatlonCommission. Attorney General of the State w
<br />The CostUla County Committee for The Reclamation Board has more Colorado, our letters would not 1®ve
<br />Environmental Soundness held a than 90 concerns relatln~q to the been heard. One fa y's pro%~ts
<br />Qublic hearbig in San Luis to educate project, Gallegos said, nOtlng that were rejected and Battle Mountyln
<br />_ fhe public on the e[fegls of BaWe these are then own co~ems ex- has used ifs lawyers q try to y~op
<br />Mountain GoW Mining Co. will have eluding those of the community. protests."
<br />4n the cornhiunity. Transportation will be pr vided [or A serious concern is the cyarNde
<br />Jce' Gatlegoq, president of CES aUthose interested in atte g. leach pad and tailingslocated in
<br />' '•.epeded the meeting by eztendigg a Mike Gomez, Cent High afloodplainthatcarries RitoSeco
<br />'kelcomE ,t0•every concerned citizen School drama teacher, iced his Creek into the town of n Luis. More
<br />present; to fhe Batue Mountain Gold concerns, "before mining rations grave is the fact that Centennial
<br />$roYp; to\ San Luis Project begin we should take a go look at School is located direc44y where the
<br />Superintendetll,GaryDodson. history to make sure we void the water runs off, Jaquezsa~d.
<br />Gallegos sal The committea~is same mistakes. we uld ask He explained the area to house the
<br />dot in oppostd't~n b mining for ourselves: how, will the ne affect cyanide leach pad us g a water
<br />`,ehonatntc develop>Bpent reasons, but the area, land, water, fish, -irds, and conservation map . an~ said CES
<br />fire gravely cotleern~d with the safety people?" i proposed moving the he leach pads
<br />and environmental isFues that affect Gomez added, "I thought mining and tailings dam out of a floodptsia
<br />f . ~e lend and all Uvins beings tn' the was a hole in the ,ground ut have to the north of the waters ed.
<br />~a ,,.~ since become more knowle cable as Jaquez claimed he Found two
<br />' _ '+0 wants to unify the to the hazardous effects such an barrels of hazardous material
<br />1 OAity and inform the public operation could pose to ~ a com- disposed of by burning alt the boNom
<br />r'-u~dbt~U~ project. We Live in the munity." I of test pits. The labelq and serial
<br />nkest, purest plpceiin the Valley, now "They [Battle Mounfain~wiU be numbers had been remoded.
<br />A~ being threatened," Gallegos gone in 10 years, but wen to live Dodson replied that the b}rRRr
<br />~ here forever," Gomez see . "What were filled with drilling and myd~jfid
<br />e also encouraged the community happens now affects my tuWre, I methyl alcohol to k p ft tY~t
<br />want to take an active poi{, in what freezin and claimed, " ware no
<br />i~ a cud a public meeting Thursday my life will be like here." g ,~~, ,
<br />San Luis Valley Federal High school teacher apd CES hazardousmaterialsin~m•'
<br />~-- gs' and Loan builtling th member Charlie Jaquez Jd ~ wed BaMe Mountain also has a have
<br />aas. agre¢me ,ycience, ItiR,
<br />slides of the lot:apon qf. g
<br />,~I,:ltts concerns about operation, and explained th mining for use of npSite.
<br />e M un ~ "ous before prornce and the envir tai when M as 1a ,
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