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•'II'I"I~'I"""I~ ft- - •-CLEAN l•7ATER ARTICLE S N LUIS, CO~~LO~RAD <br />~~G~,~ <br />April 12, 1992 CLEAN WATER IS VITAL FOR SURVIVAL! 'Qq~ <br /> <br />POISONED WATER <br />To Whom It May Concern; ;X G <br />Citizens, Government, Private IIfndustry and Press <br />Wake Up San Luis Valley Our Water sySupply is in atLger) <br />than AWDI. Poisons, Chemic and heavy meta are seeping <br />into'~he valleys water supply tables. e San Juan blountains~ <br />~ in the valley fi2ve a dead river open pits,was e rock and <br />a abandoned mint (gold mine that is pollgting our valley} <br />Summitville near Del Norte, Colorado, Cyanide and heavy metals <br />are seeping into the SLV water supplies as a case in Point. <br />Now Boom Bust, Bust.BP4G fold mine near San Luis, Colorado in <br />the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Ran~~$is experiencing open Pits, <br />waste rocx pi es and a Gold mill producing Cyanide and other <br />chemical stockFile poisons on top. of the Rito Seco Water ed <br />which is part of the SLV Aouifer Zone and the water table near <br />San Luis is ground level. Heavy metals and Cyanide mixEd with <br />other Chemicals are seeping into the water tables. Freezing <br />temperatures, warm summers and sun shine are affecting the <br />anew SLV toxic waste dump'j How much coFper water do we need?? <br />`!/}~ <br />Space shuttle Columbia was a closed 1oop.System design. It <br />failed and exploded killing the small crew. <br />The BMG Cvanide goad mine near San Luis Colorado is operated <br />bylComputerr~nd a small crew. esigned in a closeTsystem <br />isrdestined to fail hecause the computer has an extra taste for <br />Cyanide and other chemicals extracting gold and leaving mine <br />waste (toxic dump) on the Rito Seco Water Shed. Hundreds of <br />acres are now exposed and e pits get deeper and deeper etc. <br />Iuc cly5ru c nt ~7 X97 1 C ~ ~Lle 1' [1dS 1lld.L1Y I1V1CS-.Cl~u wC d.ti be r~ ~ uC- <br />cause unskilled labors used to w ~ e,~lastic seoms mere <br />neglected toa~d~equate_l~ install the liner w-i.t many holes caused <br />by wild life sp-lit-fives etc. We all know that nlast,~ d~;eriorates <br />quickly when exposeu to freezing and thawing and sun ligh~c conditions. <br />further weaken the (flawed Liner), DUST AND RECLAMATION AEE PROBLEMS. <br />The more Cyanide and Chemicals used to extract the low gold ore in <br />the 8 350,000 gallon mill vats means 2 million gallond of "C anide <br />Soup" a day will continue to be dumped into the lined pond's tiahere <br />"'tb 'ti'3'te BMG has a 24 hour d to chase humans and »ildlife <br />away from the fined Ponds" toxi~G w ste dam, and themlcal stpckpiles. <br />BMG ADMIT~,RED FLAGS h~EAN Dl~i1GE~tBtTT DO WORRY BE HAP? <br />The food chain is also inportant. Confirmed dead ducks, deer and <br />dead seagul s ava been found at this Toxic Waste dump known as the <br />BMG San Luis Gold Mine. San Luis the oldest town in Colorado is <br />2 miles dorm stream and down wind where owes is we s ; near <br />groan eve , <br />BMG must think we are blind and stupid Bmg at the expense of a ferr <br />jobs blames the Sta e of o orado MLRD_for"not readin tha ~~nerworl <br />BMG says they are goo- d n ghbors who want to move to a safe place <br />after the toxic dump is completed. Mega tons of cyanide and other <br />chemicals Gp~i~ diGastpr, You are welcome to visit Rito Se~ Park <br />Haar i'ha ,.~; „e ...,..a ,. ,.,, r...•. ..,,..~ ...,~ c ni ,._,.., v,.i„i i n J <br />