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i_ Gol mine pins a o e .~ *Y~;,~ 3 (fotUtaUedfroplpegel) expressed concern with the health of the pe r'11 B " . ~:`{j;Bere had ileen some tluestion as to area. She said Costi0a County is "-op•hea _ _. 1~b'{0 eNects oI a 100•year event or a 3I- elderly population; 'and that Uk elderly were e susceptible to cyanide poisoning. 'r event study looks at the effects of "Wiq Battle Mountain GOId offer health insurance for fiver a 100•year period and concentrates on its workers?"Koch asked. ~•,~ '"seepage while.a 2t-hour event period con- .Another person who protested the project was Prax on the effects of a "worst possible" flood in a Ortega. Ortega said he walks through the area everyday, PeR~• and feels that many issues were being ignored. Ranier said they had decided to go for the 100-year t Water rights are very important, Ortega said, and he eventslAit~y because it was a greater cause for concern. would like to see other agencies, such as the En- Acwrditig to the study, the mining company's proposal vironmental Protection Agency, consulted about the waamOte than adequate, Ranier said. project. fbnatd said, "It's been my experience that man-made Ortega also mentioned problems faced by Questa, and problems cause spills, not 106-year events." As an said, "i hope tids doesn't happendoSan Luis." example, he asked what would happen if a truck driver Adrian Mderson, 'who works victims of disasters ran oversomething and caused a leak. caused by toxic waste, spoke about some of the things she Dodson explained that human error had been taken has had to deal with. She said the board should look at the into consideration. A series of ramps will protect the record of mining projects, and mentioned several in- leach pit [the pit that wiU contain the cyanide] from the cidents that have occurred. equipment. Many of the people who objeeted to the project ad- Also, the company is working on a detailed emergency miffed that Battle Mountain Gold Company has a detoxification plan and will have it completed before any spotless record, but mentioned incidents caused by other , dangerous chemicals are introduced to the area, Dodson companies. ~M• Mderson spoke of a problem facing Denver because of Many San Luis Valley res[dents made presentations to' .contaminated water though the problem was not caused the board. Some supported the mining company. ~Ying by mining. the. economy of the area needed the business. Others When Mderson finished, MLRB member Davis Holder opposed it saying "safe mining and land reclamation" :said, "Does anybody have a house for rent. You've was the issue, not economy. scatted me out of Denver." Jae Gallegos of San Luis was one who opposed the plan. Mtke Velasquez from Fort Ga~9and is in favor of the He seitl he was concerned because the cyanide heap hune. He said Uiat he and several others were being leae~faeilideserelrta~+reterahederoeneerthexhoelvr--•~~ fot jabs stifle peoject'~Itf he felrlhat'Saltl~ . SanLtis'.' Mountain Gold Compapy was trWy concerned for the "Ife'in my back. yard," Gallegos said. "I'm directly ople. I affected if artyUiing happens." ~Velasquez presented a petitioh that contained 256 He explained that San Luis is in a natural dish and that signatures of people who support the mining project. everything drains into that dish. He also expressed San Luis mayor Jce Espinoza at9o gave his support. be ' i. concern about the possible contamination of water, ;said that the area needed the ecapomic boost the sassfngwateris'tiquidgoldaroundhere." would give and added, °I, as mayor of this to' Gallegos claimed that leak detection and detoxification volunteer to check on U~ese people regularly. I'll be plant were "too'lfife:" According to him, "once cyanide first to squawk if they doanythi~ng prong." • i+-A~~IM~i»iFrzifraaie~urtim~asl`ble to remove." '1fie- GostiUa -6uwtyte fo»vnieef fet`~ also ed the mining company, saying, support of the project by giving the group permissio "'!~e proposatj tot tea years, but the people of San move the county coed and by parsing a resolution "• ve to Gve wtUtltCOrever." ficially supporting the mine. "~t~ ' ~. ez Said he was concerned about the wUdlife. in the Battle Mountaia'8 etfOmey,_!: iRtl'JeeS*, ", d, '~• a said beseuse the soil is unsW~le the. nSiq~~ould .'pomjiarryThas eoinplied with regbla ons andis tided siltation to the RitoSeco. address the concerns of the oommuyity athand. ' w questions are answered, I wiB give my full He pointed out that the issue athand was wllethePf?~;; ' . g)k velotsofquestions,"Gomezsaid. om an was in com Hance with re ~,~, P Y P gulations or' not. `" ~ ~ TJa af:Sen Idtls made a.glide presentation Massey also said thatrttet~ of the jecUons bronE;ht dhf >tis prOtesk~}~fjytsedtUide4 of fire area and ere "blowing smoke" and he not respond to damage allegedly being done already. ¢gatiq~s that were notpet't o! . ~F~tI03H ivho oppose the roject have suggested ~ ypoject's leach ~ move the cya~t' heap leach pit to ~ ~~ ~• :.~,