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Rules have changed, miners say; neighbors, environmentalists wary

October 20, 2011. RGJ: "http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110210345"

Mining has a conflicted history in Mason Valley. While it has provided steady work from 1915 to 1978, the land was left with an open scar after mining operations ceased--the massive Yerington pit. It's about a mile long, 800 feet deep and half full of water.

 
The new copper run: Yerington mining plans could bring hundreds of jobs

October 17, 2011. RGJ: "http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110160377"

Yerington looks a little rough around the edges. The small city with a population of about 3,000, the Lyon County sister city to Fernley, could be the poster-child town of rural Nevada for the state's ongoing recession, considered the worst in state history.

 
Mt. Tenabo on Trial

October 06, 2011. Associated Press: "Tribe battles BLM over Nev. gold mine in US court"

RENO, Nev. — Lawyers for environmentalists and several Nevada tribes urged a federal judge Thursday to keep in place restrictions from a 2009 court order that blocks the expansion of a gold mine at the base of a mountain that some Western Shoshone consider sacred.

 
Yerington Anaconda Mine

February 15, 2011. Associated Press: "Toxic Nevada mine lawsuit seeks $5M from BP, ARCO"

RENO, Nev. -- Neighbors of a toxic mine in northern Nevada have filed a class-action lawsuit against BP America and Atlantic Richfield Co. accusing them of intentionally and negligently concealing the extent of the contamination leaking off the abandoned site for decades.

 
Nevada Legislature

High Time to End this Gift to the Mining Industry.  February 16, 2011.  Las Vegas Sun: "Line of questioning a bad sign for mining industry" Senate Bill 86 to revise Eminent Domain Law

 
 
Mount Tenabo Threatened E-mail

Western Shoshone Prevail at Ninth Circuit Court on Mt. Tenabo – Court Issues Ruling Enjoining Cortez Hills Open Pit Gold Mine

GBRW and Western Shoshone Defense Project oppose a mine by Cortez Joint Venture, Ltd., that would destroy Mt. Tenabo, a precious cultural site of the Western Shoshone. At more than 9,000 feet in elevation, Mount Tenabo towers over Crescent Valley.

In 2003, Cortez also announced a new discovery called Cortez Hills, which is close to the proposed mine and could potentially lead to the development of one continuous mine in the Cortez Mountains. Just to the south lies the Pipeline/South Pipeline complex, which has come under fire for extensive de-watering of Crescent Valley.

For current information and action see our Mt. Tenabo action page.

 

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