Elk City NewsLocal news for Elk City, ID continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Company wants to reopen Elk City gold mining claim- March 30, 2008 The Bureau of Land Management and a north-central Idaho mining company have scheduled public meetings for a proposed open-pit gold mine near Elk City.Elk City Mining LLC, of Lewiston, wants to reactivate a mining claim in Buffalo Gulch, northwest of Elk City, that would use cyanide heap leaching operations.BLM spokeswoman Stephanie Connolly says the proposal would develop mining claims that received permits in 1990. She says the agency wants to consider the public's concerns when it prepares...http://www.topix.net/city/elk-city-id/2008/03/company-wants-to-reopen-elk-city-gold-mining... |