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Injuction Against Mine at Mt. Tenabo Won

Thursday December 3, 2009

Associated Press

"US court block huge gold mine project in Nevada"
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Mount Tenabo, a site of cultural importance to the Shoshone people
threatened by open pit gold mining. |
Photo credit: GBRW

The traditional domain of the Shoshone people stretches across much of the Great Basin. The area is currently impacted by more than three dozen large gold mines, and Crescent Valley is now the epicenter for gold exploration in the lower 48 states.

In the past 40 years, some $26 billion in gold has been extracted from the Western Shoshone lands. Now that the biggest gold deposit on record has been discovered in this area, groundwater loss and contamination, as well as the destruction of significant cultural sites, threaten Shoshone and non-native communities. 

 

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Act Now!

Stop Barrick Gold mining company
from Destruction of the Sacred Mt. Tenabo (Nevada)


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In Reality, Love Earth Mines Do Not Glitter

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