tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post2127298323128653078..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Mining For Gold In CaliforniaDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-12698452168381302642010-12-03T11:31:20.813-08:002010-12-03T11:31:20.813-08:00Speaking of environmental concerns, the current Su...Speaking of environmental concerns, the current Sutter Gold Mine water treatment plant produces water that is cleaner that the cities own drinking water... plus this is a modern mine, and anyone who knows anything about mining knows that these guys won't go anywhere near risking opening up into the old shafts. This would be an engineers nightmare. <br /><br />One of the biggest issues the mine owners have is dealing with the tour company who still has a number of years left on their lease AND is probably the single most effective tool in educating the public about current mining practices. Obviously they prefer to get them out of the way and even mis-reported this to the press themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-18242267570202603472010-11-23T21:07:10.606-08:002010-11-23T21:07:10.606-08:00Perhaps it's so for that one mine, but not in ...Perhaps it's so for that one mine, but not in the "Gold Country" along the appropriately-named Highway 49.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-71012029022870767722010-11-23T20:21:26.030-08:002010-11-23T20:21:26.030-08:00That's what they told us Summer of 08.
I don&#...That's what they told us Summer of 08.<br />I don't remember what the price had to be for them to restart the mine. Maybe it's there, but I thought that it had to be closer to $2,000?<br />They said that the ore in the ground was like money ion the bank.gbradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786652600757982286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-30334814789809032052010-11-23T19:00:13.867-08:002010-11-23T19:00:13.867-08:00At $1500/ounce, you really think so? Is that why ...At $1500/ounce, you really think so? Is that why companies go through *years* of paperwork and other hoop-jumping to restart mines, so that they can make *less* money?Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-2404222095684896042010-11-23T16:23:04.081-08:002010-11-23T16:23:04.081-08:00Plus the Gold Mines here in California make more m...Plus the <a href="http://www.caverntours.com/sgmt.html" rel="nofollow">Gold Mines here in California</a> make more money selling tours than they can earn mining Gold.gbradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786652600757982286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-37846885224361780232010-11-23T10:24:44.073-08:002010-11-23T10:24:44.073-08:00Odd, I don't see any "dead" environm...Odd, I don't see any "dead" environment here in California--or in Nevada.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-80944229342211070922010-11-23T07:25:51.781-08:002010-11-23T07:25:51.781-08:00Another reason to love The Golden State. And if yo...Another reason to love The Golden State. And if you don't like it, move to Nevada.<br /><br />There's nearly always a nickel to be made by destroying the environment. The nickel spends quick. The environment stays dead much longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com