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"Jim" <akjim1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Canadian companies are the major owners, voting yes only insures clean
> water(prop 4), I think we can have fisheries and mining, why does it
have to
> none or all? I think if its not mined now it will still be underground
when
> the oil runs out. Why screw fishermen with fish contaminated with
arsenic?
> Oil bubbles to the earth surface naturally, I would rather see oil
drilling
> at this time, technology for mining will improve.
>
> Why can't American companies mine in Alaska? If barack gets elected, I
> sup****t his view to tax outsourcing.
>
> <bookburn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:n7oe749blqu935iq6gsmmo76eqcaakksr4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I'm seeing a lot of ads promoting opposition to Proposition 4 on the
> > upcoming ballot, which is evidently about "shutting down" mining in
> > Alaska.
> >
> > I'm wondering if this is mostly about environmentalists vs. mining
> > companies, the expected law suits regarding impact on fi****ng, water,
> > habitat, etc., or more specific than that. I did hear about a mining
> > closure in Southeast because of a contamination from tailings problem.
> >
> > I'd be interested if anyone has a point of view about this I could
> > learn from. I admit bias, because I'm not up for a triple digit
> > mining job or live, in a bush area where jobs are scarce, or see the
> > need to extract minerals, now at least. Should we accept what Native
> > leaders in the ads say about living with mine operations?
> >
> > bookburn
There aren't any major American mining companies anymore. There haven't
been any for at least 20 years now.
Arsenic is naturally-occurring in most mining districts. That's why the
groundwater is so bad in Goldstream Valley near Fairbanks, and why
everyone hauls their water from town.
The EPA clean drinking water limit on arsenic is 14 ppb. Normal levels
in the Fortymile River drainage is 18 ppb.
They want to develop Pebble on a huge scale from the start. I think they
should consider starting at the north end of the deposit on a small
scale and develop new technology to confine the arsenic as they go. The
mine could have a life of way over 100 years if they worked small, if
the re****ts of the deposit are anywhere close to accurate.
Jan
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