Striking gold or striking out? Final hearing on reopening of Nevada County mine continued to Friday

NEVADA CITY — Will mining company Rise Gold Corp. strike gold or strike out in their controversial bid to reopen a historic gold mine in Nevada County? The community should have its long-awaited answer on Friday. 

The final hearing to decide if the Nevada County Board of Supervisors will accept Rise Gold's petition to reopen the Idaho-Maryland mine and certify the environmental impact report (EIR) first started at 9 a.m. Thursday.

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Yeah, fuck all those jobs, not only in the mine itself but all the businesses that will support it.

And this is from a town that owes its very existence to mining.