The Union’s front-page today features an article, “Who’s Blowing Smoke?”, about CLAIM-GV’s photographic rendering of the impact of the Idaho-Maryland Mine — should it re-open — on the Grass Valley skyline. The article includes — finally for The Union! — a discussion of Dunn Capital Partners’ recent press release containing severe criticisms of the…
The following is an accurate photographic projection, a photograph edited to reflect the likely appearance of the Grass Valley skyline if the Idaho-Maryland Mine were to reopen and go into full operation. It was done by researchers for the local group, “Citizens Looking at the Impact of Mining” (CLAIM-GV), in consultation with officials in…
Many of us who have been closely following developments with Emgold’s rapidly sinking effort to obtain funding for its quest to re-open the Idaho-Maryland Mine, immediately recognized Dunn Capital Partner’s October 23rd press release announcing their decision to drop support for Emgold as significant news. One friend assured me the same day that “the…
According to The Union today, “Representatives of the Idaho-Maryland Mining Corp. are preparing to revise a draft environmental impact report to better reflect their plans for de-watering mine shafts and cleaning up environmentally sensitive areas around the proposed mine.”