LTE: National Academies of Sciences gold study listening session May 25
Nelson Bailey: Thanks to Erica Schoenberger for the excellent article (5/10/22) about risks and rewards of gold mining in our area. She states that the principal risks are environmental. These include acid mine drainage, cyanide spills and the failure of tailings...
LTE: Protect Buckingham County Water
Joseph Jeeva Abbate: Cyanide, Mercury, Arsenic…these poisonous chemicals are part of gold ore processing and are a component of every Gold Mine of any type. Do you want to drink these deadly poisons? Do you want these toxins leaching or spilling into our creeks,...
Letter to the editor: Gold mining, the environment and environmental justice
Erica Schoenberger: Buckingham County faces the prospect of a gold mine within its borders. Many of the county’s residents are opposed to it. Virginia has established a working group and also enlisted the help of the National Academy of Sciences to examine the...
Letter to the editor: Say no to gold mining in Buckingham
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”. This quote has been attributed to Chief Seattle, Antoine de St. Exupery, Ralph Waldo Emerson and David Bower. The author is not as important as the wisdom and message it conveys. We...
Letter: Another thought on mining
More people are hearing about the fact that there is a streak of gold running through Buckingham County, and are growing concerned. Not many people know that before the California gold rush much of the gold mined in our country came from Buckingham County. Back then...
Letter: Gold Mining In Virginia?
Modern open pit gold mining of low grade ore is one of the most polluting mining activities there is. Recent studies have documented that more than 90% of gold mines that are near underground or surface water cause contamination of that water. Many open pit gold mines...
LTE: Concerned people, step up and protect our beautiful county!
Harvey Shelton: "Aston Bay, a Canadian gold mining exploratory company, is looking for gold in several locations, including my neighborhood. Red Chris mine, BC, waste storage, (aka tailings pond), Garth Lenz, the Narwhal This isn’t old time panning for gold. It’s...
LTE: Community Bill of Rights
David Quillen: "Some of your Buckingham County readers might have seen people at the various country stores collecting signatures for a petition that is circulating in the county.In response to the threat of industrial gold mining coming into Buckingham County, a...
Letter to the editor: Myths about gold mining
Haile gold mine, SC David Waters: "When foreign corporations promise that industrial gold mining will bring Buckingham County jobs... don't fall for it! The truth? Many of those positions require specialized workers from elsewhere." Read the full article online,...
My Turn: The case for local self-governance
Let the people decide if they wish to preserve the health, safety and welfare of their communities, thereby guaranteeing a sustainable future by protecting their valuable ecosystems and their social values and forcing corporations that seek to profit from industrial activities to be more accountable to the people and ecosystems most affected.