The fourth part of this series on Mining and Minerals Division’s September 17th Hearing on permitting Copper Flat Mine is written by guest writer Lee Newman, owner of Animas Creek Nursery.
NMCC’s amended application to mine Copper Flat Mine focuses on the change in tailings management and the claim of saving water. It neglects to discuss how the loss of 80% of their claimed water rights would affect their plan to reclaim the pit, because it doesn’t plan any change.
This article is the second analysis of the Copper Flat Mine project. Mining and Minerals Division will hold a hearing on the application’s proposal to filter tailings to save water. It is doubtful if this change will save water and if it will save enough water to operate the mine.
State regulators announce the scheduling of a hearing on Copper Flat mine, and the Citizen begins a series of articles on the mine’s plan of operations and reclamation.
Basic New Mexico water law will help you understand how the Settlement Agreement which ended the Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado lawsuit will affect your water use and your taxes.
Sierra County joins Santa Fe and Socorro counties with moratorium on new data centers before a record crowed at public hearing.
Can the village afford to take on so many capital projects? My analysis says "no," but the budget documents provided are scant.
The settlement of Texas’ suit against New Mexico ended the legal proceedings that have so vaguely and abstractly hovered unnoticed over our lives, but the consequences of that settlement will be dominating our lives specifically, concretely (meaning economically), and most noticeably in the coming years.
Some locals want to see Sierra County moratorium on computer data centers. County commission chairman threatens to eject proponents for applauding at public comment period.
A couple of days ago, the Supreme Court approved the Special Master’s Fourth Interim Report on the case known as “No. 141 Original Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado.”
Kingston had a nice rain. Maybe the monsoons are beginning: a hopeful weather report from the National Weather Service.
In go(l)d we trust: a look at negative gearing, what it is, and how it can finance mining projects in Sierra County.
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