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concerned neighbor wrote on Jul 22, 2008 3:41 PM:
Meg, I stumbled on your letter a bit late, but want to tell you that your concerns are valid. NMFS submitted public input to ACOE about potential adverse impacts to endangered coho salmon and vital fish habitat. A credible federal agency with legitimate concerns should alert the rest of us that not all is being revealed about this foreign-owned mining corporation.
Edward wrote on Jun 30, 2008 10:34 AM:
Hey Joe...you are actually right. Look up the Griggs report from the USGS in 1944. It details all of the chromite deposits that exist or have been mined from Coos Bay to Gold Beach. You popped off about something you don't understand, but just proved my point. Black sand, as any gold panner knows, is UP AND DOWN THE COAST! This black sand IS chromite, magnetite, garnet, zircon, etc. Get a clue, people.
Joe wrote on Jun 28, 2008 7:06 PM:
Edward: You are so on! Love the grammer, "...same stuff that on the beaches." Keep up the good work you are obviously a PRO at blog writing and know your science! How about were for was? Wow if Chromite is EVERYWHERE like you preach ORC should be millionaires & no one should be worried about their drinking water or the trout or salmon in the streams being poisoned! We should have mines on every beach up to 30 miles away north or south. Sounds good Huh?
Skeptic wrote on Jun 28, 2008 3:57 PM:
Chromite is a mineral form of chromium. ORC has intentionally misled locals about this fact but chrome is produced from chromite--why else do you think it was mined here as part of the war effort in WWII? Get you heads out of the sand.
I agree with Meg--why hasn't the World looked deeper at ORC, it's finances,and it's track record as a mining company. Guess what, it has NO TRACK RECORD.
I agree with Meg--why hasn't the World looked deeper at ORC, it's finances,and it's track record as a mining company. Guess what, it has NO TRACK RECORD.
Hey its Kool Aid wrote on Jun 28, 2008 3:38 AM:
Wow, talking about drinking the colored Kool Aid and believing anything... I would imagine, perhaps at a Coos County Democrat meeting, that somebody tossed out some terrifying facts on Chromium and everybody got scared and told their story to neighbors, as if they were chemical engineers. Comparing Chromite to Chromium is like comparing Uranium to Urine. Will somebody please tell the CAVE people that Chicken Little is a fairy tale and that the sky is not falling... wow...
Mitch wrote on Jun 27, 2008 10:48 PM:
Yeah.
What he said!
What he said!
Fred wrote on Jun 27, 2008 12:27 PM:
Wrong. Try ask.com - then search chromite. That should help you. Those of us who travel know that chromite is mined in several locations nation wide - especially throughout central California. Generally found where there were active volcanoes. And, the health nuts among us will tell you that chromium is very safe and helps digest carbohydrates. It's the hundreds of trucks traveling highway 101 that should be of concern. But, for me, the jobs for drivers locally offsets any concern.
Edward wrote on Jun 27, 2008 11:25 AM:
The black sand that ORC intends to mine is CHROMITE, not chromium. It's the same stuff that on the beaches. If it was dangerous, we'd all be screwed because its EVERYWHERE on our coast!!
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