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Dear San Luis Valley Fesidents, <br />l"his is one of those "I told you so lel"tc--rs". As Eattle hlrn.-intain <br />G01cJ Co. Continues to destroy the Rico Seco lJatershed and now <br />they volunteer to shut themselves dawn far leaving mayor cyanide <br />concentrations in their tailings ponds, this is all bc-ginning tv <br />hecarne the reality of a nightmare. As recently as a fea, months <br />ay0, I rerne~T,L-er- telling a few residents that BMG was going to <br />cr-eate irreparable damage to our local water supply and <br />environment, wel.1 it 10o4~s li}:e I was right. RMG ou_ of the <br />goodness of their heart has voluntarily closed the milling <br />facilities because or' a faulty design that has created a <br />dangerou=_ly high cyanide concentration in their por~cl=_.. I can <br />still recall the sm0atl-~ tal4;iny e;:pe!-ts telling us i:hat this <br />milling facility was the "State of the Ar-t" facility and nothing <br />Gould go wrong. Again "I told you so". 13MG's "State of The Art" <br />facility is starting to 1004:: 1i4::e another minir~y CGmpany'S "Seat <br />of the Pants" design that cause mass destruction to local <br />watersheds and comarunities. Remember Summitville: they did <br />everything to 4::eep themselves open at the e;:pense of the now dead <br />AlamOSa river and Terrace reservoir. The scary part ~f the BhIG <br />lRito Seco traged•/ is the worst is yet to come. As I've said <br />hefore, cyanide is a=_ually the short term problem. Tlie real <br />problem occurs wi-~en 1-.he heavy metals mitigate and c-rasienhaind <br />and moisture) ta4;e over. blhen do we say no to these Boom or b~_~st <br />industr-ies^ The days of the manifest destiny are over RMG. I'r. <br />sure you don`t mean t0 screw -up, you just do. <br />Residents of the Valley, we plead with you. Help u.s get this <br />venomous serpent out of o~_ir hac4<yard. Come to San Luis and ].ao4: <br />at the Rattle Mountain scar. Y'ou 6e the ~udye. Nq war can they <br />reclaim the land, and common sense will tell yrou this. Let a=_ <br />learn from Summitville, C!uesi_a, Leadville, Etc..., that mines ar-e <br />pollute=rs and the•~ must be controlled. <br />Si ncerel y~, <br />~.~ //AGE <br />Jae Gallegos <br />F~res. Committee for Environ~ner~tal Soundness <br />