Arizona’s state geologist Lee Allison and I spoke about his submitting a piece on groundwater mining and subsidence to the Carnival of the Arid, and then—most likely due to my being less clear about timing than I ought have been—his post wasn’t
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From Indianz:
… (continues)A federal judge on Monday refused to grant a preliminary injunction against a gold mine in Nevada that would impact sacred Western Shoshone sites.
A group of tribal and environmental plaintiffs sued the Interior Department to block
Looking for “Sierra Club Desert Committee,” I find this page which has a list of unrestored open-pit mines in the California desert. With this photo:

is this accompanying text:
… (continues)Molycor[p] Mine, San Bernardino County
Another non-gold open pit