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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







Resolution #12: Buckhorn Mountain Gold Mine


The Battle Mountain Gold Company proposes to convert Buckhorn Mountain (in Okanagan County, Washington) into a permanent 118-acre pit, a toxic lake, a 100-acre cyanide-soaked tailings, pile, and 300 acres of acid-generating waste rock.  The purpose is to extract gold, a non-essential mineral.  During the anticipated 10 year operation, secondary human health damage and environmental damage due to road building, traffic, surface water runoff and ground water contamination, are also expected.  A recent legislative rider authored by Senator Slade Gorton would exempt the company from the 5-acre limitation imposed by the 1872 Mining Law, thus allowing this destructive project to proceed.
ACTION: FWOC reaffirms its 1995 Resolution #13 opposing the Buckhorn Mountain mining project, and opposes the Gorton Rider.  We call on Washington state agencies, Congress and the Administration to use all their powers to prevent this project.















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