The historic gold mine has not been operating in Nevada County since the mid-1950s, but Rise wants to resurrect gold mining on the Brunswick Site.
It has sparked a heated debate across the community that is largely against the reopening of the mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBKeTC_Z4to
ReplyDeleteThat whole area has become infested with Sacramento and Bay Area cityots that are against anything traditional and typical for the area. They are the same type that move in nect to an airport then demand it be shut down.
ReplyDelete11 am, PST: The use permit was denied by a unanimous vote of 5-0. This is the third time in the last 40 plus years the county has not permitted reopening.
ReplyDeleteThe NIMBYs win again.
Fuck all those jobs, both in the mine and in town supporting the mine.
DeleteAt least two supervisors based their no votes on "listening to my constituents".
DeleteUnfortunately, those constituents are the loud, obnoxious ones that have absolutely no concept of modern mining and could care less about the hundreds of well-paying jobs created by reopening. They've got theirs and could care less about the young people that would benefit most from the great jobs lost.
The amount of gold Rise has proven is still underground through core samples is mind boggling. As is the amount already removed by the Idaho-Maryland, the Brunswick and the Empire mines, whose properties basically abut one another.
Elmo, talking about modern mining methods. One of the most producing gold mines on the North American continent digs and processess hundreds of thousands of tons of ore every day. It is a very extensive operation.
DeleteExcept for tall wire security fencing and a few small buildings, you wouldn't know its there. Stand at the fence and wonder why is that fence there.
No dust, no slag piles, no contruction activity. Just a few small buildings on a large tract of fenced land. The buildings are visible only when knowing where to look.
All activity below ground. No felt rumbling of machinery or trembling in the earth. Air and water quality constantly monitored, no deleterious effects for decades. Employees thousands.
It's exactly the same as when the Left argues against logging. The discussion is always as though the methods of harvesting and the technology of today is the same as it was at the turn of the 20th century, and nothing could be further from the truth. And yet will the Left make any attempt to learn from the people on the ground how it's done today? No, because it conflicts with their belief system.
DeleteNevada ... Grass Valley ... Idaho ... Maryland
ReplyDeleteBoy, this sounds confusing.