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~ ~ • <br />i ~ <br />~ ~' ~~ A:~" ~r ~}=tr lk' <br />J 114 <br />Serving the San Luis Yalle4 with Local News j~~ <br />MaE ~o„~o. c9 Alamosa 81101; Ft. Garland 811 ,3; La Jara 81140; Monte Vista 8114 Iliome dehscry as;oa 3; zy,;• <br />c <br />'. ^ ^ <br />~C an ode leads at old- m ~ rye <br />~v g <br />N <br />State board to hear about possible <br />~liolations at Battle Mountain mine <br />r CHRIS DO~LO\' <br />^rr rirr A'r ra Eai!ar <br />SA\ LEIS -Holes •~~ere ciscorereJ in rite <br />wum of two leach curls at the Bat;:e \~;oun- <br />~in Gold \iinr during [he clean up process. <br />rn ie Depar :menr o: Minerals and Geology <br />N):viGj cunfined that cyanide leaked into <br />tit soil beneath [l;e;a[rks. <br />rn <br />'+ <br />~~~~ :mss ~~°~E~~ r~r <br />~d;ittor~s <br />occurred." <br />The dicisicn c, nlir:neJ that c}'anide levels <br />heneatF•.cne:a:rk v;ere I'_p ru ptr hill:o~.lr. <br />wa;ar, !' pars rev million s.oud affect sour <br />dnd could have "adverse affects" an human.;. <br />Cyan ide i npa, rs humans' i u n;s by produc- <br />,ng t.~ids Sic zsentially "dro~.vnln~ ~ the pe:- <br />>o~. Dillie eapl.;iacJ tha[ ii :: pcnon core ro <br />JrcF; a ?lass of ~.cclcr _or:'aiaing I' part, pu <br />millron of evanide alt ar once it could harm <br />?rint. "I'm r.o: saying it could kill somebody <br />Sur il'•s'aule have "adsersc aite:~s." <br />^ P`ease see Gold mine?age 3 <br />DA asks <br />for more <br />money <br />^ Valley board of <br />commissioners <br />refuses request <br />~.~TU.rrrnc <br />Jim Dillie, of the DMG, said corrective <br />action hn< already hewn. Battle Mountain <br />L•old Cnmpa iy and Cae Colorado dined Land <br />RdClarr.ution Board gin; still Jaarr~ining the <br />depth of :or,umrina:.on. <br />Dillie will report to dx :vSined Land Recla- <br />mation Boar this Wednesday on the possible <br />reclamas~on violations and the conecdre ac- <br />tion already taken. The seven-person board <br />will hexrthe results of soi: restsard demrmioe <br />if a violation was committed. The hoard v: i!! <br />also confirm the compietioa of correz::~e <br />actions and may ardor .rurher action. <br />Dillie said [he compcny reponed the ho)e5 <br />in [a'o of Coe eigh[ lead ranks on \ov_ 2?, <br />1996 ct:er operations at :he mi~z had cease) <br />and:;ean~p had hewn. <br />Dillie inspecred rho >ile on Ju.:. l? a,J <br />confirmed the companies report and helped <br />come up with correcrive acr;ons. <br />Aecerdin~ [o DMG records, "Iho off-si'e <br />damaee or oi'.-irte heahh nr iaitrH issues <br />