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iiiiuiiiiiiiiuiii <br />999 <br /> <br />- ~=neatened, <br />~ Taim <br />- - <br />;~~ <br />~F~eky Mourlfdh News Emlronmtintet Writer <br />t .. ., .. <br />c ` ~ Colorado mining uitioials yesterday gp- <br />1 ptovpd a gold mining epxalion in south- <br />central Cbloradothat residents claim threat- <br />ettsZAe quality of their drinking water. <br />~~. Ttte t~aed Land Reelematfon Beatd Is- <br />sued apermit to Hattie Meutitain IoM Co. of <br />1u;r€open mfoid6 , ,}n,~6e <br />Sangre de <br />.. eS retch of ban ~,~, ,~>.~ ...,. <br />;'F: GMdAIRyy~fjt~r~ fd~r,, ,)~vi: <br />~.~ <br />~ (Q4Q icy <br />~~ <br />- <br />--.~~~ -ga _ ,~~r~~ <br />A cyanide "1Qaeh. pad" is planned for an recommended is month ago that the permit <br />area near the creek's flt»dplain. be issued. 'u ~' <br />"It is truly ironic that because of two <br />cyanide-laced grapes, we almost paralyzed <br />the economy of the Spanish-Speaking coun- <br />try of Chite, but it seems that we are per- <br />[ectly wifling to poison the Spanish-speaking <br />town of San Luic,'said Charlie Jaquez, a San <br />Luis math teacher. <br />Miningoperatiens at tM'9mne~tocation in <br />the 1970s spilled cyanide in6e the creek sev- <br />eral times and killed fish. The mishaps led to <br />citatiLns by state and federal environmental <br />o[ficials. <br />San Luis residents have no 1 with <br />the idea of re ilalizing mining area; <br />they just wan it done satttty, rs of <br />the group said.'. <br />"We wanted the permit denied unfit the <br />company negotiates with us and until such <br />time as our c munity is not environmen- <br />tally threaten ,' Jaquez said. <br />The environtttental group wants the leach <br />area moved out of the Rito Seco Creek flood- <br />plain to a site two miles north to protect <br />their water sudply: <br />"There are no guarantees it won't happen The board at ached tour stipulations to the <br />•.il~aht;S Jatptea~hl' ::.: ~ usx~:, r •: ~;a <br />* <br />~ <br />° rgsermit -tog . emenlmllat~watCr r' <br />~ssr .- ° ;' ' <br />•-~ <br />h'Pig~attte'l~fn`uniain (an t~1Nd4's doubTd' <br />The <br />linperf <br />nde[ the e <br />wtide~realtpent+alrea attained beto <br />" <br />Ports be Efled idN~CalilMh~ <br /> <br />a sealing seep8ge tro <br />y <br />. <br />p <br />i <br />•7iners; with a Leak-de6PcUara : srskm and <br />meet <br />lined; ponds to retch stooa <br />wrtntt °1 a biro and 1 <br />~ t t~ s hsr <br />? •:. <br />, <br />. <br />!9(Alptrequirements, sadl~aattt~~y1y~~ssb'.for 3h~ <br />` <br />Ak <br />l <br />b <br />~ `-~ti{edongro tepappiif„p,:,,: ;~~~y, <br />' <br />siee: <br />tk <br />.i,Otrd :~lv <br />e <br />7t>15iei JJltiitaryn tl~s stork. <br />n anfefdaterfise <br />