Last week, San Juan County commissioners unanimously endorsed Colorado Goldfields’ plans to reopen the Pride of the West Mill in Howardsville, a few miles north of Silverton. In a letter dated April 28 to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, San Juan County chairman Ernie Kuhlman expressed support for approval of the mill’s permit, stating, “Having the Pride of the West Mill properly permitted and operating will be very beneficial to the local and state economy … (and) encourage additional mining in the area.”
The Lakewood-based Colorado Goldfields bought the 120-acre property in 2007 from Tusco. The Pride of the West, which has operated intermittently since a major renovation in the 1980s, would have a capacity to refine up to 700 tons of ore per day, according to Goldfields. The mill would be the only ore-processing plant in Southwest Colorado and the Four Corners region.
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