List
I will try to get update tomorrow at the SCTA board meeting, last I heard
they were contacting our Save the Salt attorneys and looking into the
wording on then agreements for future pumping.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: "Bryan Savage" <basavage@earthlink.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Salt pumping
> Bryan,
>
> I don't know anything about the mining laws, but there are operations
> along I-80 south of Winnemucca NV that are doing some extreme
> restorations of the grounds around their project including seeding.
> There must have been some change in the laws, corporations don't
> normally spend that kind of money with out being compelled. It doesn't
> look anything similar to the open pit mining of yesteryear. Maybe it has
> to do with State Law.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC
>
> Bryan Savage wrote:
>
> > Steve, Gary & List
> >
> > The real problem isn't with Reilly, it's the "Mining Law of 1872" which
> > gives claim holder
> > the right to do what ever he want's without interference from Federal,
> > State or Local
> > government. That's anything - forever! Do a search using 'mining law of
> > 1872' if you doubt
> > my 'anything - forever' statement. That's why you never see the Sierra
> > Club fighting a coal
> > strip mining operation.
> > Reilly could have told the BLM and everyone to piss off and still can.
> >
> > If we could get Don Gartlets and Speed (vision/??) to support us, more
> > could be accomplished
> > than with 100 lawyers and a million dollars. Of course the big danger is
> > that if Reilly sells their claim
> > and equipment to some company that wouldn't be bothered by negative
> > publicity, the salt will be gone.
> >
> > my head hurts
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