Why Did Grass Valley City Council Ignore Public Comments on IMM Contracts?
By Don Pelton
Four of the five members of the Grass Valley City Council, in its meeting of November 8th, voted unanimously to approve the proposed contracts with ASCENT Environmental (for the revised Idaho-Maryland Mine EIR) and with Emgold (the reimbursement agreement). Dan Miller was absent.
Before the vote, Mayor Jan Arbuckle allowed public comments, within the following [...]
Film and Forum Tonight at Nevada Theater
Excerpts from the CLAIM newsletter:
“A Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sundance Film Festival nominated film about the dangers of coal mining – and how a small town fought back against a big corporation – will be featured at public forum here to educate the community about the environmental threats of reopening the Idaho Maryland Mine in [...]
New Economic Analysis Needed for Idaho-Maryland Mine Project
by Jane and Don Pelton
The Grass Valley City Council has the authority to invest the life of our community in a proposal by a junior Canadian mining company to re-open the Idaho-Maryland Mine (IMM). But no prudent investor would proceed with re-opening a massive hard rock gold mine in a populated area without first requiring [...]
Back to the Drawing Board: GV finds numerous errors in IMM proposal
By CLAIM-GV
“Yesterday, Grass Valley Planning Director Tom Last stated that the CD that was released to the public and the copies that were posted online contain a number of errors and will have to be revised by IMM and re-submitted. It is not clear whether the errors that are in the CD version also appear [...]
Emgold’s Press Release Featured in The Union as an Op-Ed
Emgold’s latest press release, appearing in today’s The Union as an op-ed by David Watkinson, announces their submittal of drafts of the “revised executive summary, introduction, and project description.”
As I reported on April 8th, this appears to be in partial fulfillment of the City of Grass Valley’s April 8th deadline.
The press release also promises that Emgold’s [...]
Idaho-Maryland Mine Company Sends Partial Application Update by April 8th Deadline
As I reported here on April 6th, Idaho Maryland Mine Corporation CEO David Watkinson sent a new letter on March 31st (dated April 1st) signaling his intent to submit some preliminary documents updating their application by April 8th, the deadline set by the City of Grass Valley last fall.
According to a new press release sent [...]
New Letter from Idaho-Maryland Mine’s CEO, David Watkinson
Idaho-Maryland Mine Corporation’s CEO David Watkinson submitted a new letter (dated April 1st, received by the City on March 31, 2011) to Joe Heckel, City of Grass Valley’s Community Development Director.
Mr. Watkinson says in his letter that IMM Corp. plans to submit by April 8th (among other things) the “working draft” of a Revised Project [...]
Reopen the Idaho-Maryland Mine? Trust, but Verify
Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Ralph Silberstein, President, and Mike Pasner, Vice-President, of Citizens Looking at the Impact of Mining in Grass Valley (CLAIM-GV ). In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I’m a member of CLAIM-GV and have assisted in efforts to research the Draft Environmental Impact Report.
February [...]
NY Times: “Grass Valley has long since moved its economy away from mining”
Jesse McKinley, writing in the New York Times on February 10th (“Old Mines Reopen in a Revival of California’s Gold Rush“), notes the local community opposition to re-opening the Idaho-Maryland Mine and finds that, “like many other towns in the Mother Lode, Grass Valley has long since moved its economy away from mining.”
The Idaho-Maryland project [...]
Grass Valley, California Mining Featured in Washington Post
Dale Kasler, writing in today’s Washington Post, quotes Grass Valley’s recent mayor Lisa Swarthout on the sensible objection to opening an old gold mine in the center of town:
In Grass Valley, for instance, a thriving high-tech industry has sprouted in a community where the high school sports teams are called the Miners. Emotions are mixed [...]
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