The Wolf Creek Trail (Video by Bob Branstrom)
Enjoy this gem of a trail near downtown Grass Valley.
RISE Gold Compelled To Cleanup Existing Idaho-Maryland Mine Tailings
Jan 21, 2020, Press Release Facing EPA Superfund Designation, RISE Gold Compelled To Cleanup Existing Idaho-Maryland Mine Tailings While Canadian mining company RISE Gold Corp was promoting the gold mine potential and alluring prospects of gaining permits to reopen the Idaho-Maryland Mine (IM Mine) in Grass Valley, CA, federal and state regulatory agencies were…
Canadian Firm Pushing to Reopen Idaho-Maryland Mine
January 14, 2020 Community Environmental Advocates, Press Release A Canadian company, Rise Gold Corporation, aka Rise Grass Valley, has filed an application for a permit to reopen the Idaho Maryland mine. These are some key points from the initial application: The operation will remove 1000 tons of ore and 500 tons of non-gold bearing…
A Book of Questions (Yet To Be Answered)
By Don Pelton I bought a Kindle book today without browsing it first, assuming that it was a collection of essays, like all of John Brockman‘s previous books. It’s actually a book of questions, one question per page, several hundred of them, by deep thinkers. The Last Unknowns: Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About…
Turning 75 in the Age of Trump
By Tom Engelhardt Reprinted from TomDispatch.com As I turn 75, there’s no simpler way to put it than this: I’m an old man on a new planet — and, in case it isn’t instantly obvious, that’s not good news on either score. I still have a memory of being a camp counselor in upstate New…