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Officials: Mine impact studies months away

An economic study on the Idaho-Maryland Mine is now expected within months, with the latest version of the environmental impact report following soon after.
Published: June 29, 2022

Tiberius Froloff: Why do they get to decide?

“Thars gold in them thar Bristol, Alaska, hills!“ It’s not a secret, developers are trying to open up one of the biggest gold mines in the United States just up north.
Published: June 10, 2022

Marc Cuniberti: The warning lights of a market crash

The markets stopped their seemingly weeks-long freefall May 13, with green numbers across the board. Not all stocks went up. I can’t actually recall a day when every stock did go up, but certainly May…
Published: May 30, 2022

Don Rogers: Mine’s main ore is risk

If Rise Gold continues on its titanic quest, the county supervisors eventually will have to consider the iceberg.
Published: May 19, 2022

Mine the question: Candidates, attorneys weigh in on Idaho-Maryland Mine statements

Published: May 18, 2022

Earth Justice Ministries: A spiritual and moral perspective on reopening the mine

Our organization, Earth Justice Ministries, is a local nonprofit that brings a spiritual and moral perspective to bear on issues of our day. We echo the concerns of everyone who is speaking out against the…
Published: May 5, 2022

To the polls: Valentina Masterz, Patti Ingram Spencer and Lisa Swarthout running to replace Supervisor Dan Miller

Three candidates are running to replace Supervisor Dan Miller on the Nevada County Board of Supervisors.
Published: May 9, 2022

Glen Garrod: Reading a campaign tea leaf

Let me first say, in the most absolute way possible, I believe the absurd idea of giving Rise Gold’s project the go-ahead would be the most massive affront to the citizenry of Nevada County in…
Published: April 22, 2022

Terry McLaughlin: Still not convinced mine should reopen

Almost a year ago in this column I waded into the discussion about the potential reopening of the Idaho-Maryland mine by Rise Gold Corp. At the time, I was skeptical about Rise Gold’s claims and…
Published: April 20, 2022

Don Rogers: Face down with mine card

The question at the first candidate forum for supervisors last week had to come, and so it finally did: What about the mine?
Published: April 21, 2022

Rise Gold CEO calls county ‘naive’ in dealings with Nisenan

The CEO of Rise Gold Corp. inadvertently sent an email to a county employee calling the county “naive” in its dealings with the Nisenan.
Published: April 14, 2022

Jeff Kane: Due diligence needed for mine proposal

Imagine that a guy offers you ongoing landscaping services. Would you tell him, “Sure, go ahead,” or would you first ask about references, experience and insurance? Suppose you learned that at his last job he…
Published: April 14, 2022

Kurt Lorenz: Wells can be impacted by mine dewatering

Dewatering the Idaho-Maryland Mine? Speaking for Rise Gold, Mr. Mossman as quoted in The Union, said, “Water quality in domestic water wells cannot be impacted by the mine dewatering.”
Published: April 15, 2022

Don Rogers: The mine’s brightest promise

A bunch of jobs created by a reopened Idaho-Maryland Mine would be a good thing all by itself.
Published: April 14, 2022

‘Hung out to dry’: Well owners contend with Idaho-Maryland Mine report’s findings

Eric Gibbons has just enough water for the house where he lives with his wife and two grandkids — enough to run the shower, do the laundry, and maintain their vegetable garden, which they plan…
Published: April 6, 2022

Cindi Anderson: Don’t throw it away

I am writing in response to the Rise Gold issue of reopening the Idaho-Maryland Mine. I was not born here, but was raised here since the age of 10 and am now 67.
Published: April 8, 2022

David J. Whitehead: Mine would undermine climate change solutions

All across California, communities work hard to address climate change. We develop plans for increased recycling and increased renewable energy use. We support our local farms to improve sustainable food production. We purchase low-emission cars,…
Published: March 15, 2022

Comment period ends for Idaho-Maryland Mine report

The public comment period for the Idaho-Maryland Mine’s draft environmental impact report is officially over.
Published: April 5, 2022

Robert A. Hubbard: Who is this guy?

Some people are confusing Rise Gold with Ben Mossman’s mining disaster in British Columbia. Here’s a thumbnail sketch of the facts:
Published: March 17, 2022

Jim Bair: Clear and independent voices against Rise Gold’s mining plans

In a column by The Union’s publisher (Jan. 21), Rise Gold opponents were compared to anti-vaxxers — both groups are probably insulted.
Published: February 25, 2022

Rondal Snodgrass: At the least, make mine put up hefty bond

I have studied with much interest and concern about the application of Rise Gold to reopen the Idaho-Maryland Mine. The potential environmental impacts are serious, as reported in the draft environmental impact erport.
Published: February 21, 2022

Jacqueline Finley: Don’t let history repeat itself

My Cornish great-great-grandfather arrived about 1850 in Grass Valley. After several years he built and worked a 19-acre gold mine several miles outside of town. This mine is still owned by his descendants, not by…
Published: March 24, 2022

Jim Otto: Rise Gold Comedy Club

I received a letter from Rise Gold dated Feb. 11 stating, “We are reaching out to you to provide further information” on the proposed reopening of the Idaho-Maryland mine.
Published: February 21, 2022

Don Rogers: Truth’s as hard to mine as gold

The debate over reopening the Idaho-Maryland Mine feels a little like a liars’ club.
Published: March 31, 2022

John Vaughan: Alternatives not considered

I have many concerns with the draft environmental impact report on the proposal to reopen the Idaho-Maryland Mine. One that stands out is the lack of inclusion and review of the already approved (Ordinance 1853,…
Published: March 25, 2022

Idaho-Maryland Mine opponents decry report ‘riddled with errors’

CEA Foundation and its MineWatch coalition members on Wednesday delivered comments to the Nevada County Planning Commission on the draft environmental impact report for the proposed reopening of the Idaho-Maryland Mine, a news release states.
Published: March 30, 2022

Mark Wilson: Questioning mine claims

Life is messy. Even in the best of times, the careful plans we lay out for ourselves get derailed. Faced with an economic setback, a dishonest associate, a natural disaster or a serious health problem,…
Published: March 7, 2022

John Vaughan: Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood

While Mr. Rogers does not like Rise Gold’s advertising, he seems to believe that the science presented in the draft environmental impact report proves that reopening the Idaho Maryland Mine is as clear as Rise…
Published: February 24, 2022

Jim Bond: Disqualifying past

As it relates to Ken Bernstein’s “Other Voices” opinion piece on Rise Gold, I couldn’t agree more. I retired and returned to Nevada County in 2019 after 30-plus years as a builder/project manager for real…
Published: April 4, 2022

Katharine Popenuk: Nothing settled about mine

Science is clear, but Rise Gold’s most recent mailing is anything but. Rather, it is an intentionally misleading attempt to skew the facts regarding the mine reopening.
Published: February 25, 2022

Walt Froloff: Rise Gold’s proposal is a scam

It’s old, it's cold, it's gold! That’s what this is all about, money for the out-of-range rich and snake oil salesmen, I believe.
Published: March 4, 2022

David Heinen: The mine — risk and reward

Don Rogers suggests (“Rise’s messaging less than golden,” Feb. 18) that every assault brought by Rise Gold on our county (water quality, noise, air pollution) will be OK because scientific standards will be used to…
Published: March 3, 2022

Ralph Silberstein: Rise Gold’s well fantasies

The Idaho-Maryland Mine speculative draft environmental impact report that has been released for public comment is a massive document based upon, well ... clairvoyance?
Published: March 1, 2022

Digging deeper: CEA attacks mine environmental report

Opponents of the Idaho-Maryland Mine filed an 18-page critique of the draft environmental impact report with five days to spare before the comment period ends Monday.
Published: March 31, 2022

Steven Rugge: Water vs. gold

I see in the draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed reopening of the gold mine here in Nevada County that Rise Gold intends to pump more than 3 million gallons of water per day…
Published: March 23, 2022

Patricia Sharp: Mine water usage makes no sense

My chief concern about the Idaho-Maryland Mine Proposal is the additional environmental burden it potentially puts on our community. Diverting millions of gallons of water into Little Wolf Creek while California is experiencing drought conditions…
Published: April 5, 2022

George Olive: Echoes of Siskon Mine

Arrived to Nevada County since 1995? Raise your antennae for historical reverberations from that decade’s version of gold fever — the Siskon Mine on San Juan Ridge.
Published: February 22, 2022

Mike Pasner: Water vs. gold

On Feb. 9, Nevada Irrigation District’s board of directors considered a trunk line that would replace 31 wells that might go dry when a Canadian company, Rise Gold, starts to pump water out of the…
Published: February 25, 2022

Deni Silberstein: Community turns out in opposition to mine

In an effort to meet the response deadline to the 1,000-page, embarrassingly inadequate draft environmental impact report on the Idaho-Maryland Mine, dozens of local people — organized under the leadership of CEA — have been…
Published: March 29, 2022

Robert A. Hubbard: Rise Gold emphasizes ‘best possible outcome’

The recently published draft environmental impact report for the proposed reopening of the old Idaho Maryland Mine needs careful scrutiny.
Published: February 10, 2022

‘Come together’: Protesters oppose Idaho-Maryland Mine

Some 50 people attended a Sunday protest against the Idaho-Maryland Mine at the Brunswick Gate of the mine on Wood Rose Way.
Published: March 21, 2022

Don Rogers: Rise’s messaging less than golden

Rise Gold’s PR is a disaster so far. Just sayin’.
Published: February 17, 2022

David Wallace: Mine proposal falls short

Rise Gold wants to make money for stockholders and managers by producing gold from the local mine. And as a side benefit, provide some local jobs. We often make choices based on money, “the bottom…
Published: March 17, 2022

Community conversation: Business and Professional Women of Nevada County hold forum about Idaho-Maryland Mine

The Idaho-Maryland Mine has the potential to significantly impact this community.
Published: February 17, 2022

Randall J. Newsome: Thar’s gold in those promises?

Of all the lofty promises Rise Gold has churned out over the preceding months, none has been more ballyhooed than the number of jobs the mine would create, and the $94,000 average annual wage they’ll…
Published: January 18, 2022

Ken Bernstein: Look to the past to predict mine’s future if allowed

The Idaho-Maryland Mine project is generating more controversy than any other local topic. Discussions of pros, cons and what might happen are becoming louder and more emotional.
Published: March 31, 2022

Lynn Wenzel: Virtual meeting examines mine impacts

Even though we live in an area famous for gold mining, who among us has ever really thought about what the impacts of mining really were? As Rise Gold mining company intends to mine gold…
Published: February 10, 2022

Terry Boyles: The unforgivable loan

The Rise Gold mine reopening controversy is a microcosm of choices the human species must make to keep on living here, happily, on planet Earth: Do our local residents and those who visit care about…
Published: February 28, 2022

Packed house: Hundreds of people attend Idaho-Maryland Mine meeting (VIDEO)

“Water is more precious than gold in Nevada County,” a Penn Valley homeowner said. “We cannot get this wrong.”
Published: March 24, 2022

Jonathan Keehn: The Siskon Mine well disaster

A short story: In the early 1990s, a junior mining company from Canada named Siskon Gold wanted to reopen an abandoned gold mine near North Columbia in Nevada County.
Published: March 10, 2022

Tony Lauria: Mining history is rife with harmful effects

No matter what your stance on the current controversial Rise Gold proposal, gold mining generally is known to be one of the most destructive industries in the world.
Published: March 8, 2022

On the issues: Supervisor candidates field questions ranging from pay to homelessness

Published: April 20, 2022

Martha Turner: United we stand!

I consider why I’ve been spending so much of my time and energy this past year working in opposition to the reopening of the Idaho-Maryland Mine. I do so because it’s abundantly clear that if…
Published: March 22, 2022

Jim Lewis: The mine — a great unifier

Thank goodness for the mine! It has done the impossible: It has re-united much of Nevada County around this huge local issue. As I travel around our beautiful county, I see anti-mine posters in towns…
Published: March 17, 2022

John Palmer: Grandpa’s mistake

Imagine you’re on the Nevada County Board of Supervisors and you vote to allow Rise Gold to reopen the Idaho-Maryland Mine.
Published: February 25, 2022

Jeff Kane: Enjoy breathing? Consider the proposed mine

The valid criticisms that can be made of Rise Gold's bid to reopen the Idaho-Maryland mine are as numerous as the South Yuba's pebbles, but in this space I'll just address its predictable effects on…
Published: February 14, 2022

Tom Behlmer: Look at traffic around the mine

This is in reply to Don Rogers’ column, “Who owns the science?” The mine would generate 13,220 vehicle trips either in or out per month, which is based on numbers found on pages 883-884 of…
Published: January 27, 2022

George Boardman: Here’s your do-it-yourself supervisors voters guide

Tonight’s League of Women Voters forum for the two supervisors’ seats up for election this year can be considered the unofficial start of California’s June primary season for the general public.
Published: April 18, 2022

Cheryl Morris: Proposed mine causing collective anxiety

Much has been written about the negative public health, environmental and quality-of-life impacts from the possible reopening of the Idaho-Maryland Mine. An additional concern is its negative impacts on mental health for individuals and the…
Published: February 21, 2022

Marcus Krause: Devastating effects of mine

There’s not enough money for the size of the bond that Rise Gold would need to post. This mine isn’t in the middle of nowhere, where the concern would be a watershed, a stream, or…
Published: February 25, 2022

Ray Bryars: A small aircraft airport, really?

I’m gradually working my way through the Idaho-Maryland Mine project draft environmental report and can’t believe the amount of misinformation that I am encountering.
Published: March 18, 2022

Our View: No perfect process for mine

The remnants of Nevada County’s mining history sit in our downtowns, decorations heralding back to a different time.
Published: April 1, 2022

Bob Zuelsdorf: Less mining, more tech

Once again a foreign company is attempting to open the Idaho-Maryland Mine, the third time I have seen this “once every decade” fiasco occur.
Published: March 4, 2022

Ross Guenther: Reopen the mine with zero waste

The gold at the Idaho-Maryland Mine may be just the icing on the cake. The primary value for the people of Nevada County is likely the much needed clean and sustainable aggregate and ceramic-building products…
Published: February 25, 2022

Hits & Misses: A HIT to Nevada County staff for mine meeting

HIT (from reader Ray Bryars): To the Rood Center staff for their great preparation for the Nevada County Planning Commission meeting that provided for public comments on the Idaho-Maryland Mine draft environmental impact report. They…
Published: March 30, 2022