Emgold, a Canadian junior mining company, has filed a plan to re-open the Idaho-Maryland Mine within the city limits of Grass Valley, California, and to also build and operate a ceramics factory and / or crush mine waste rock and sell it as aggregate all within 1 mile of downtown Grass Valley and surrounded by homes and businesses on all sides.
Is this project a good idea for Grass Valley?    CLAIM-GV examines the issues so you can decide for yourself.
We suggest you Start Here to research the impacts of the proposed Idaho Maryland Mine.

• E.P.A. $10M in Grants for Contaminated Land in California ($400K for Grass Valley)
  E.P.A. $400K in Grants for Contaminated Land assessment in Grass Valley
• Golden Opportunity for Abandoned Gold Mines In Nevada City
• E.P.A. Clears Way for Greenhouse Gas Rules
• Key studies on air pollution and health effects near high-traffic areas
• Mining capital Toronto taking strain as slowdown bites
• 2 State Agencies criticize IMM DEIR
• Modern Mining by a Thinly Capitalized Canadian Company Leaves Toxic Waste Behind.
• Deep Freeze for Canadian Commodities
• Link between Lava Cap Mine Super Fund Site and IMM (NOTE:large file 5MB)
• What happens to local towns after mines contaminate their water?
• Gold is the duddest of dud investments
• For older articles in this series, click here.

• Denise Reynolds, The Union Opinion of the week, Apr 11
• Tom Grundy, The Union Other Voices, Mar 21
• Sharon Delgado and CLAIM, The Union Other Voices, Mar 20
• Mike Pasner, The Union Other Voices, Mar 4
• Elisa Parker, The Union Other Voices, Feb 28
• Local contractors not hired for Walgreens project, from article in the Union Monday Feb 16.
• Incisive comments from a local schoolteacher.
• Mine Would Make Bad Air Worse.
• Comment from a local resident made at a recent Planning Commission Meeting.
• YouTube Video -- Battle Mountain, NV, a REAL Mining Town
• Check out the Nevada County Mine Talk Blog
• Archive of Older Comments