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particularly since the tailings from old mines may not be readily apparent or look like naturally occuring ridges. There have been a number of developers who have found themselves stuck with CERCLA liability for spreading arsenic-contaminated tailings at development sites during grading activities.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lenny Siegel [mailto:lsiegel@cpeo.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 02:13 PM
To: 'Brownfields Internet Forum'
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Goldfields (California)
[Gold mines may seem a lot different from manufactured gas plant sites, old auto plants, and former railyards, but they are just one more variation on the brownfields theme. - LS] In New California Gold Rush, Old Mines Reopen By JESSE McKINLEY New York Times February 10, 2011 SUTTER CREEK, Calif. - Standing in a cramped, slanted and slippery crevice some 500 feet below the earth's surface, David Cochrane turned his eyes to a ribbon of marbled quartz - mainly gray, amber and white - and found the one hue he was actually looking for. ... It was gold, and if people like Mr. Cochrane have their way, gold will soon be big business again in California's Mother Lode, in the same area of the Sierra - and occasionally the same mines - where the old-time prospectors once used pickaxes, ore carts and burros to chase their riches. ... And while today's methods are safer, Izzy Martin, chief executive of the Sierra Fund, a nonprofit group devoted to preservation of the Sierra Nevada, says there are several challenges to mining old mines, including what previous companies might have left behind. "There's a lot of toxic materials in there," Ms. Martin said. "And you have to clean it up." ... For the entire article, see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/us/11gold.html?_r=1 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org
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