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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Southwest Oregon citizens say armed Sugar Pine Mine supporters sully Josephine County's reputation

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Calling for rational discourse and legal process, a group of Josephine County residents asked armed supporters of the Sugar Pine Mine owners...

What we can learn from a case similar to the Sugar Pine Mine

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Galice Creek and other tributaries to the Wild and Scenic Rogue River  are no strangers to controversy over federal mining claims on BLM la...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Sugar Pine Mine controversy update

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According to Reuters , some southwest Oregon miners are calling for peaceful protests at local Bureau of Land Management offices in Oregon o...

Sugar Pine Mine - BLM's press release

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BLM's press release in advance of the Sugar Pine Miners protest has been mostly ignored by media and protestors. On April 22nd, BLM iss...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Sugar Pine Mine - What does the law say?

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In addition to the 1872 Mining Law , those at the heart the Sugar Pine Mine controversy are wrongly citing the Surface Resources Act of 195...

Sugar Pine Mine - Medford Mail Tribune got it right

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We want to thank the Medford Mail Tribune for trying to interject some reason and fact into the reporting over the Sugar Pine Mine controve...

Sugar Pine Mine - When is a mining claim private property?

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If you've been listening to statements by a co-owner of the Sugar Pine Mine and to the coverage of most media, you'd think the fed...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

There is more to Southwest Oregon mining history than revealed in Earthfix and Jefferson Public Radio article

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In an Earthfix article that ran on Jefferson Public Radio (March 5, 2015), a representative of one of the local mining districts ties the a...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Can you believe mining companies?

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Mining companies seem to tell the same story when they're in the promotional, permitting and construction phase of a new mine. They'...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Mining in southwest Oregon—nothing to be proud of

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There's more than a little irony in a Jefferson Mining District letter to the Josephine County Commissioners opposing  Peter DeFazio...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

America like Greece? Yes, but not because of debt.

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Updated Feb. 23, 2013 — Republican's often claim the United States is on the road to Greece because of the so-called debt crisis.   Pau...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Forest Service left with cleanup at Beal Mountain Mine

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January 30, 2013 Forest Service presentation on Beal Mountain Mine While EPA finds that metal mining leads all other industries in the r...
Friday, January 25, 2013

EPA: Metal mining industry nation's top toxic polluter

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On January 16, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the findings of their annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI).  Th...

Lesons from Wisconsin: Documenting a mine's effects

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We want to acknowledge and celebrate local people doing great work to oppose or expose mines in their area.  They provide examples and inspi...
Friday, October 5, 2012

Stand Up That Mountain

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An interview with Jay Leutze, author of Stand Up That Mountain , on the Oct. 5, 2012 Jefferson Exchange brought this inspirational story to...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Mass Destruction: open pit mining and its impacts

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This book recently came to our attention and we wanted to call it to yours: Mass Destruction: The Men and Giant Mines That Wired America a...

Science and mines

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On Southwest Oregon Mining Facts we cite or directly link to government reports, published articles, congressional testimony and other offic...

Mining sand at Heceta Dunes? Citizens not waiting to organize

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The incongruities and injustice of 1872 Mining Law in the 21st Century always comes as a surprise to citizens never faced with a mine in the...

Comparison of Predicted and Actual Water Quality at Hardrock Mines

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Ever wonder why so many mines are Toxic Superfund sites? Even relatively modern mines, such as Summitville in Colorado, pollute and don...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Frontline's documentary about people struggling to stop a mega mine in one of the world's richest salmon refuges

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Preserve it or mine it. This is the question increasingly before us. On July 24, 2012 Frontline aired the documentary Alaska Gold. It's ...