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M1988112
IBM Index Class Name
General Documents
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2/26/1989
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NEWSPAPER CLIPPING GOLD MINE PERR
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~t~ ... n~~ne <br />r~ <br />By ERIN SMITH <br />The Pueblo C/iiefigin <br />ALA1viOSA - The..lhiaed <br />Land Reclamation Board tabled <br />action on a permit for a San Lois <br />ld mine after divided commu- <br />n~ity feelings were aired at an all- <br />day hearing Thursday. <br />•~•More than l00 people crowded <br />tre San Luis Valley Federal Sav- <br />ings and Loan's community room <br />at the first MRLB hearing ever <br />ht;ld in Alamosa. <br />Battle Mountain Resources <br />inc., a Texas corporation which <br />tsices its name from a historic <br />mining community in Nevada, <br />wants to mine gold in the Sort <br />Jkfans near Rito Seco Creek, two <br />tfllles northeast of San Luis. <br />"'A final decision will brmade et <br />the board's March 22 mceting in <br />Denver. <br />Battle Mountain - represeata- <br />tives maintained that afl local <br />'Concerns had been addteased and <br />(here is tto dbnger from a prA- <br />posed plan to tttte a e7+m~ reap <br />tfor, prelent <br />m tpe process <br />lions regardin <br />Matoulik said. <br />Dr. Ernest 1 <br />said he was ce <br />icily from a f <br />leach pad. He <br />Saco and doe: <br />in his backyan <br />Two public <br />Clare Manhar <br />also expresses <br />proposed opal <br />called Battle ~ <br />-err <br />a~~"sf~1 <br />~a4they are <br />rting regnla- <br />^ood plain, <br />tcheco, a chemist, <br />cerned about tox- <br />ssible spill at the <br />vas along the Rito <br />not want cyanide <br />:alth nurses, Sister <br />and Donna Cook, <br />concern over the <br />lion. Sister Clare <br />~untain's desire to <br />s<r <br />~Battls Mountain received lost <br />support from Mietlael Velasq»ez, <br />a studertt m a mining framing <br />program at the San Lais Valley <br />Area Vocational School. He pre- <br />sented a petitior+-hea[iog 250 sig- <br />natures in support of the ptvjeeYr <br />' "Support also came from Ca <br />chica, a native of Peru an •~ <br />acre of the Colorado Sch <br />loan. He said he hates to <br />~at is happening in the U. <br />erica is no longer Number <br />'Luis could be bought by o <br />apanese for 5100 million a <br />urned into a golf course... <br />eve to start working together." <br />- Yillaehica said tw one has been <br />'~dlled.b3~sya(tide.iga ~nlpg op- <br />~eration since the leafing methgd <br />=was introduced iY 1890. <br />- San Luis Mayor Joe Espinom, <br />:who runs cattle on land upon <br />:which the mining operation volt <br />:be located, said he has checked on <br />:Battle Mountain and has learned <br />"`nothing but trice (things) about <br />-these people.... If they're not <br />-doing tt right, I'll be the first to <br />-squawk." <br />However, local residents <br />:opposed to the operation were <br />:unshaken.Their concern mostly is <br />:about possible cyanide contami- <br />nation of the soil and water. <br />- A spill by Eayle Meutriain'f . <br />predeeessor at the site morE''A11:tt' <br />a decade ago contaminated 1I01o <br />Saco, killing off the native cutth- <br />roa~ trout in the stream, which <br />:supplies area homes and fields. <br />- Mark Matoulik, water special- <br />: ist with the Colorado Water Con- <br />"nervation Board, said he wotlrad <br />with the mined land board on the <br />Battle Mountain plan. ' <br />Although he commended Battle <br />Mountain for its work, he nt~lt <br />that two tributary drainages v~ <br />netted with the coropany's pro- <br />posed pit operation <br />associated" with the 1 <br />' ftood;plain. <br />~~...9 <br /> <br />: <br />~~ ~ n-S <br />~n <br />~ <br />~ a_ =- <br />o y <br />~; <br />c ^. m S o <br />I <br />~ <br />o•oas'~m° ~~ <br />" " °-, c o <br />~ <br /> <br />o <br />~o~co~ <br />e ~ <br />~~ <br />n00 m n A - <br />0. <br />=.~E <br />~r°:~w <br />N ~ ~ w <br />CAav <br />co <br />~~ <br />o so <br />" `° <br />oow. <br />Q• p, 7 <br />a'°•a <br />00 ,", <br />fi?y <br />, <br />A?,E o <br />c ~s~ <br />" ~' c <br />• rn no <br />o ~~ <br />S ,~ <br />S ~ ^ <br />~ m <br />0719 ~ <br />~' O <br />y -~ <br />~~" " <br />~w <br />w~ ~ <br />-, <br />~n~~ <br />?: ;I m <br />:; ~, ? <br />iii iiiiiiiiniiiiii <br />999 <br />rllEBlQ CHIEFTAIN <br />FEB 6189 <br />COLORADO <br />~ Pft~.S.S <br />Clipping Service <br />Denver, Colorado 8i12D4 <br />5Z <br />M 1 <br />O.O~~ <br />~' fe <br />'~ <br />a ~°+ n o <br />~y'~d <br />~:a3 -_ <br />-mr @ S <br />x .01 N „ <br />of x a <br />7 ~ rp <br />~ ~~ <br />S <br />7 ~~ <br />y C O <br />3• ~ ~ <br />a <br />~~o <br />°3~ <br />7 <br />O ~ <br />.~r,w O <br />~~ <br /> _~ ~ o 0 <br />o ° h <br />~ <br />~ ~ <br />?; ; <br />~ <br />3oov <br />" <br />~ <br />a .c <br />p, ~^ rv <br />CJ <br />n ' y ~ 9 ~ <br /> <br /> <br /> o rv <br /> v9' <br /> <br />(] rv <br />m <br />^p X77 y <br /> ~~ <br />~. 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