There was an article in the Green Valley News, “Supervisor taking opposition to Rosemont to Washington” on Saturday, December 1, 2012. It states in part:
Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll is taking his opposition to the proposed Rosemont Copper mine to Washington, D.C., where he will meet with congressional and Bureau of Land Management officials.
To us, that’s big news! Besides Rosemont Copper, Wildcat Silver has also submitted an open pit mine plan to the US Forest Service for review. Wildcat wants to create an open pit mine in the Patagonia Mountains, 6 miles upstream from the town of Patagonia. Both Rosemont and Wildcat share executive board members. Have you heard of Richard Warke yet? If not, watch the next screening of “Cyanide Beach” by John Dougherty of InvestigativeMEDIA.
Unfortunately, the fate of our area mountains will potentially be decided by people and agencies from somewhere else. We want a voice in these decisions. Thank you Ray Carroll for being that voice right now. And we will continue our utterances of opposition for as long and as loud as it takes for Washington’s decision makers to hear us too! It’s the most important work we feel we could do for the community in which we live.
Patagonia, Arizona © Glen E Goodwin
