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Pub. Date
2002.
Description
Abandoned mine problems are being well documented nationwide. In Colorado there are over 23,000 hazardous mines and 604 miles of streams impacted by past mining. The Colorado Inactive Mine Reclamation Program (imp) began in 1980 and has safeguarded over 6,127 mines and reclaimed 1539 acres of abandoned mined land statewide.
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Edward Dugan left his home in Boston with a bequest from his father--mining certificates giving him ownership of the Christabel mine. Although they have a face value of $250,000, the mine has been declared worthless. However, Henry Christian, the man who originally sold the mining stock to Dugan's father, has offered to buy back the stock certificates for $1,500. since he has no money, Dugan decides to walk the 3,000 miles to Potts Valley in the Southwest...
Series
Rock talk volume 9, no. 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The boom is back! Colorado, which has supplied uranium to the world for more than a century, is seeing the return of interest in this important energy resource.