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oC~rf'.UlU~l~z ~dy~ 1~sll.~,1C lyl ~llll,Q.ili B~ e~lfrf sl~Qni ik Haar. G7rlrJraY rn SAN LUIS -Battle Moundin °oiold Mina ttnr here is a "very •tU-rim site," goofogiss Harry Po- ~.y told his boss, Colorado scpartment of Natural Resotuoa Mtacutrve diroctor Kea Sabmr. "~ a tour of the mine on rn 1_ ,'the ensue a three tniks tuotth- tat of San Luis, Cobnttdo i okf- M d toWlt. rn Posey, who is wutb the Wined and Reclamation Division of the c~'.rtepartmeat of Nattval Res Heroes; abfed that 16e erase is ca j W[!d t0 U1VOtigale e{ltn? h»nplriats. However. 6e said. brie srf the numerous complaints bout Batik Hamlets has pea- edout. 1Ue stns has been invohRd at atilt: lNoutsuio more than at any to because of dtraen eonarn~ M OaEy added. to Batik Lloumain suet the cy- ~6ide Val hradt proass 10 CRtraei i N gold f qre. The vat leach prop txs, Wr• Mountain offsoiak point out, is s contained praceu and umerous proeautiom are taken o preveAt any spillage. Ho verl there is local conocrn of a tltili ttito ire warcrs of silo Saco I:reclt and oootamioation of the vntersh~d. A spill back in the l970s, wbea pert oI the mint sett was oamtld by Eanh Saerroes of Golden, killed fish in thestream. - BslJe Msuotaia has been at Ibe site about faro ~w~s. to fact, cyanide io she water in the taGoga poadr it about 23 pet` Deal leas theta the pervtitted amannt, Battle Motntaia safety snPaiotendeat Roa ZtmtWaid said. Sot for p time; that was tern touch eyaAide in the ponds. How- ever, the has ban in mmpti- asta siaoe~t)aobsr 1992, Posey said. To prod~ere a single ounce of gold, 2S lass of rock are blutod from the mauntaitrside. Basle Moumaia hopes W re- wver 400,000 pounds of the al- aros7-miaasoopu: gold, whir2r .the hWaao eye annot see. Questions posed by the state of- fxiaL ranged from llro amount no.. ...... ' p•---- blast the ore from the mountsias to community relations; from the urigur of the water asad in the prooas to bow much eeqquiproent the tr:imttS eompntry pttrcitasei lo- eany_ Qf the water used in the mining protxss, 95 percrnt is reused, auoe snperisteadeat ropy Edgy a:- plataed. Battle Momtain employs 107 poopk, about 90 oC tfum from Cosuila County. This stmttner it CmplOyr II Fugh school stndcnts to bap them with their otr8lcge fi- nanoe:, Zttmwald eapbuned. Reoeatly, it stared tin 11-mem- ba aommtwity cotttntittec com- posed of residrnts snob u the see Mme. ~ ~ board ~ ctivist ~~'i i s'rr~~.:'~ all's ~K By F.ItIIY SMITH Tae Press drJwY SAN LULS -Looking over the tadlaRS OOndi at 1hC Batik A'foUL- tain t:,oia Mine, I4yeardd Mar- ia Moodtagon•Valdez said Monday the still Waf nOt happy about the change in the Lttdaeapt She was glad she had aaxped the invitation of Km Salaar, a- ecuuve director of the Colorado Deparimeut , of IVatunl Res soortss, to vtsil the site, she said. She atldod thu she had refused Billie Manntaioa nttmvoua of- krs since 1989. Mts. Voider, a tptive of the Sao Luis area and dwoeodaat of Hir- pettic ertoestoa who taint hem in 1850. is married to a distant ean- is, Arnie \'aklez. Thar too grew grandtathets were fast wusins who wood up at the Moadragon- Va~ wedding is 1974. Arnie aid Mania Valdez have five tdtiWrea ranging in age from 2 to 17. The 17-year•okl, Im, a rn- aem graduarc of Siena Grande High at H18tra, hopes la hoc®e a oomputet ettgtrtar and has hetpod his patents With some of their projects. The family has been involved with the local Land Rights Court- al that is fighting the [emery of the late Nortfi Carolina lumberman lack T. Taylor for historical httnt- iog_ fishing and woad gathering rights to the Mountain Trap. That .octinn of the Taylor ~'1' +Git"'1 ~ Wsy Min~aOon.Ya+ldtts lsdl briers that Arnie and Maria du-made with thds o>'n k more than a dozen years ago. Tiro two also are known their People's Alternative. is ported in 1977 but started a or nvo before, to encourage u solar raergy. Mrs. Valdez bas been inv. io homes and eavtromr rights issoes. She taaved sat reeogoition io Good Hoguse' a g trrgaane thnttte foderat Mining Lew a~lrirh she belie outdated. For the pap two vary, Valde; with the Citizen's M Networt, hen bbbial Cor for a change in the la'+•. Lit she dyed the Battle Mountain jeel, which she his opposed number of reasons, prirnaru: