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I I VY ~ I i i W i J Y Y I \ - _..__.._ .-_:. _.2..._.--_.._.... _. _ . _-.... ..__.._ _ ~._..... ... .. _.. _ ._._ _ ~A DAILY TIMES.CALL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1995 _ Construction continues on new Gold Hill mill By SYLVIA PETTEM Tlmas qll Clxro~pondeld GOLD HILL -Construction of the Gald Hill Mill is proceeding on schedule here despite occasional wintry weather, according to pro- jest spokesman Mark Steen. The mill is being built in the foot- hills west of Boulder by the Gold Hill Ventures Limited Partnership, a Longmont-based rnmpany. The mill, one-half mile east of the town of Gold Hill at Horsfal Flats, will process gold ore from the nearby Cash mine, Steen said. The mine was discovered in 1872 and was reopened by the Gold Hill Mining Company, Predecessor of the Gold Hill Ventures Limited Partnership, in September 1983. "We ezpett to complete the con- struction phase of the mill within 30 days,., said Steen. "The electrical and special millwright work will take another 30 to ~L5 days. The mill should be crompleted by the end of the year." With a capacity of Ii0 tons of ore Per daR the mill has been designed to utilize both gravity and flotation rnncentration systems. It will have the capability of processing the several types of ores that are found in the Gold Hill mining district. These consist of gold-silver-tellu- rides, and various combinations of gold, silver, lead, zinc and capper sulfides. Steen said the mill is being built to process ore from Gold Hill Veo- lures properties, and it will not be used as a custom milling facility. He encouraged Boulder County mine owners to continue to ship their ore to Hendricks Milling Company in Boulder. The metal frame building now going up is 70 feet wide, 120 feet long, and 30 feet high, with three separate levels. The upper terrace will be used for crushing and grind- ing, the middle terrace contains the equipment for gravity concern tration, and the lower level en- closes a flotation concentration circuit "The site was selected to reduce the costs of transportation, mini- mize irregularities in the receipt of ore, and eliminate the need for ez- pensive storage facilities," said Steen. "By constructing the mill near the eristirrg mine, labor and supervision can be drawn from the same source, thereby reducing costs and anrinq the efficiency and security of both operations. The project already has provided several local people with employ- ment." Most local residents are taking a guarded approach to their new neighbor on the hill, although some of their croncerns about the mill's environmental impact were alle- viated by aquestion-and-answer session with Steen at a recent town meetinng. On Sept. 30, the Mined Land Reo- lamation Board, part of the Colora- do Department of Natural Resources, issued the company their mining and reclamation per nit, with five stipulations regard- ing ground water quality and tailings impoundment. The stipula- tions were prompted, in part, by a review of the permit application by Bob Mason, Chai_*+*+a*+ Of Gold Hill's Committee on Mining and the Environment "All make com- mon sense and relate W monitoring Eor environmental quality," said Steen. "We were very pleased with the fair hearing that we received from the Mined Land R e t~tion Board." Full-scale mining and milling is ezpected to be under way in the early spring. BCO~ Std By JENNIFER PA Sp~cld to tFls Tlm~e BROOMFIELD - some beers down One more beer anc head home, call it . In the dark fall ~ eyed as he slipped ignition and stare junker. He turned onto the stereo on full h it was all right W d was okay, and he drive cautiously. In another car, a the jeep veering alc no-passing line. Be. slow down, the jeep her as the two veh at 50' miles per 1 headon. The story is fact Broomfield High Srntt Gunther said. takes a driving do akrohol to make l stand what it mean then drive. "Drunk drivers loaded canon ai road," said Gunt