"LOL for some reason that all made sense. "

"Its available from the NC Gem Mt website. Its pretty spendy though. If you need the link let me know.
DD"

"Livy's family has had this happen to them as well. Her grandfather had a mine over in Idaho (I'm not sure where) with a homestead deed and everything and when he passed away her step dad and one of her aunts had to go over there and clean the site up so the family would not be fined for some B.S. reason. Then the forest service went in after wards and tore up the road leading to the mine saying it was in the interest of the salmon and steelhead spawning grounds (you had to cross a stream to get to the mine). The gov't wouldn't even let them take their own vehicles over or bring out any of the equipment that was at the mine, so there it still sits.
I think most states use the envirormental crud just shut areas down so if need be they can use it as a source of income later on, like in a state emergency when their budget is gone and they have no other source of money.
RockPuppy just bought a bag of Benitoite today. Who knows maybe there will be some good material in it and our kids or grandkids (in the very distant future) can sell it for a chunk of money.
Dave"