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| It will be strip/pit mining I assume, however some in Nevada are underground. I've always been a advocate of lands of multiple use. So I stick within mining as the greater good of the people. However we have preference with grazing. So in some point in time if that goes forward which I'm thinking it will with current political climate, they or we will come to table and have a buyout. However we will retain grazing preference when they are done. But I'm sure some AUM'S will be permanently cut.
In the 90's other mine killed a few cows for us when they broke into leach pad system. They paid for them, the mining company worked to get along with us. Early on 5 years ago this group bought water from us until they could source water. Jist like yesterday we had water system go down, 1,800 of cattle out of water. They gave us full use of their water system and also their tankers if we couldn't get system going. Our trucks was able to get system full and operating.
They have 4 drilling companies punching yesterday holes, going to run all winter. Their biggest hangup is permitting with federal government. Projected permitting process is 5 years. My son says technology has changed, not using cyanide to extract. I don't know, but our one requirement is full ground/water testing. As you all know problems and and will happen. We just have to have baselines. Government has been testing our water since 90's. We've been good. They are talking 500 jobs, I'm very skeptical of that number. But bottom line it will produce some local jobs.
All our corrals, water systems, fences, cattle movement is reight in their way. So I forsee all new infrastructure going in. Stuff we've worked very hard to build in 50-60 years.
I've personally been through oil/gas boom in Overthrust belt in Wyoming/Utah on our private lands. Gas pipeline in other Utah private lands. Now this mining on our leases. Hopefully we can sit at table and come to terms. I'm telling young bucks you need to forsee 30 years out beef prices, ranch prices. Most turn key ranches are trading at 25-30 grand a cow. Then you need to figure inflationary pricing forward. I tell people these are the cattle you figure in pricing that never die, never have to feed nor eat trail dust when pricing yourself out of business for 30 years.
Idaho Dry Farmer, this area is the Black Pine mountain right off I-84 https://youtu.be/wy-loFDVwt4?si=2fyF3I9tZp_O7k2z good short clip on operation and area. | |
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