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I5. service tutee. failed tb winter rcrre- n National Far- pcrmib in lle- a lawsuit filed 'e would be ai- mobiling in tae 'er ranges, the amentel Policy '+ODD 101 asnVlCeS M~11NI61p~ripry New Castle resists coal revival California company proposing new mine By Nancy Lolhclm n.r:vtr Poet Western StopD Bureau NEW CASTLE - Coel brought this town to life, and coal still smolders drop in the ridges that box [t in. But anal !y not much welcome here now. A California company has ap- proached New Castle otticieL~ about rrnpening'a coal mine on a ridge along Interstate 70 adjacent to New Castle. A rich seam of coal U left over there from mining ak the turn of We last cen- tury. But the propaaal Les pot gone mar well with most officials or resi- dents, who 0owadsya v[ew New Castle as something rpole different from a coal town. "Gael mining was a FovOding heals for our community being where ll is today, bat our community Lea changed. I think if we are going to sue twin long-term, healthy growth, we don't want to go beck Wel way,' said Mayor Aill Wentxel. New Cackle, about 10 miles west of Glenwood Springs, has turned Into a ti• dy little bedroom community o[ 3,000 and is contlnaing to spread and grow - inclnding eroand the area that once was the heart of We town's real Indns- try. toe of 1Le town's newer enclaves of 100 homes alts east of a meadow where CB Minerals Is rnnsidering loading rnal once again. A new devel- opment of 153 tnwnhbmee was reCMU ly approved for a s(to 150 yards away from what would yo one of the mine's portals. The town has proposed bu0d- g a rlvcrslde park on 19 scree near- Mine supporter Pete Metlivi, 99, sees New Castle's coal as a re- source that could provide the town With jobs and Income, by. A busy supermarket and strip mall are juvt across the interstate from the mine entrance. Sa is Wr. Castle Valley sutailvidon, which has 500 homes and room for 1,000 more. NL'IG Finenrlal, the sister company o[ CB Minerals, a decade ago propus~ mining coal on Lhe mare than 1,000 acres the company owns !n that area. 'That propneil died when coal pr-ces dropped. Several years ago, NCIG own• er ftush Aacker approached the town about develOpfng homes on the proper- ty irrrlead of mining opal. Barker had an atmesallon propaaal before We New Castle Town CnnncO wilco he recently switched gears back kn mining. Backer'9 attorney, Juhn Schenk, called the mining idea "very specnla- Uve" at this pobL. "I would Bey it is M the drawhtg board. There are 50 many different pieces that have to be put kogeWer;' Schenk said. Many In New Castle don't want W entertain the idea even speculatively. Coal carries a tea gic history hare. TLrec turn of-the-cantnry mine ex- pla:dons killed S9 townspeople when coal still ruled the town's economy. A barren scar that cola acroxv a hogback ridge for nearly a mile next to New Castle !s a constant reminder that coal has never slopped burning since then. New Caste o[(iclals say they wonld like to wee some cleaner, safer indus- trlel development About 90 percent of ~csidents curreotjy commute ap Ialer- state 70 to Glenwood Springs, Aspen end Vail. The town council is hoping for high-tech or light industry -not a minx. twat could be a visual blight slung I-70 and a noisy, dusty backdrop for homes and a park. "If they rdrlld just mine rnal In a magical way and do it without behtg seen ar heard, Lhat would be great," aeW New Castle planner Mike Blare. Pete Metlivi, wbu hoe Dyed in the New Castle area since 1917, acid he would welcome the industrial .bnatle and the 150 jobs of a. coal mine In a town that is too grdet when most of lla residents are away working. The way Mattivl sees It the town has a great resonrre in coal that should be used. "t Wlnk the way the economy >9, it would be a great shat in the arm," said Mattivl, 96, as he looked out his. front window at the ridge with Wr, burning coal scar. Aut Mattlvi is now very much in the minority. Ncw Castle has avialun of becoming a gateway town for outdoor activilles nn the public tande th0t surround it There are hopes here Lhat the old dowutowo eau be spitted up end the newer ¢ubdivLginns can be connected >n It with a trail system. It isn't a vision that indOdes coal. Y M wu Aut Edwa Linda said state r be ley "Th. do; s moot I nerd ~ Schl comm. i The t tht es atl A sycl rmetl nta h the s "1'701 m't 1 Schre fifty ool's t a mr t otter o Wec tale the a ma o em t requ n cyst ' sa: Dols e sr at a eel "c erect th end 'h a U blerhed I ' Pholas cpeclll to TBe DerrrerPod I Ed aoa„ICkI A metal sign marks the easlem edge of a proposed Springs. Though the community was founded on wal, coal mine at New Castle, 10 miles west of GlemVOOd many there oppose a velum to mining days.