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Reclamation Work Starts At Idaho, May Day Mines

HESPERUS, Colo. (AP) - Reclamation work is under way at the historic Idaho and May Day gold and silver mines in southwest Colorado.

The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board granted a permit last year for Wildcat Mining Corp. to do cleanup work at the mines near Hesperus. The permit includes several conditions that must be met before mining can resume.

Wildcat Mining is a subsidiary of Sarasota, Fla.-based Varca Ventures Inc.

The company said Monday it has begun implementing the first phase of action covered by the permit, which includes initial geotechnical drilling activities to support road, portal, pond and drainage design, and construction work plans; installing groundwater monitoring wells; and removing stockpiled rock and unmilled ore so it can install an augmentation pond required by the Division of Water Resources.

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