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Show B&fi i4.. Z & - ,.vw- - J- - ... k Ct rIv t $eff ? H. dn Judn me con f A I HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUANf COUNTY, UTAH fmt '5 -- S3ffifesSS8ft2 ;MayliJ2QQ5 i,ww)ii Lisbon Valley Mining to have significant economic impact by Buckley Jensen In an area with one of the low-es- t per capita incomes in the nation and the highest unem- ployment rate in the state, the recent announcement of the Senator Robert Bennett (right)js one of many enthusiastic supporters of Lickity Split, a chocolate factory operated by San Juan County youth. Here, Bennett is at a Rural Business Conference with Lickety Split volunteer Elaine Hodge, and executives Jordan Dayish, Andrew Dayish and Creedence Sampson. Courtesy photo Business is growing Lickity Split Lickity Split, a Native owned, be a perfect partner for the busi- ness venture company from San Juan County, Early each Satuiday morning, of 15 be one the fastest areas may Navajo children between the growing companies It certainly ages of 9 and 15 awaken to beis one of the most ambitious. gin their jobs as managers of the The executive management Lickity Split Chocolate Factory. Thanks to executive support team for Lickity Split, with a combined age of 35 between the and an industrial kitchen dothree of them, were a hit at a nated by the San Juan Foundarecent Rural Business Confertion, mentoring through San ence in Price, sponsored by Juan School Districts Standing Tall program, and tutorial proSenator Robert Bennett. After making a presentation grams through the San Juan at the conference, they visited Family Learning Center, the with Patrick Byrne, president of kids and owners begin managOverstock com Byrne was a ing and filling orders that have speaker at the conference and is come in during the week. Each purchase of Lickity Split interested m expanding busifor chocolate ness opportunities entreprehelps to further their business management educaneurs like Lickity Split Byrnes company is the larg- tion and offers hope that the future prosperity of San Juan est single employer m Afghanistan and he hopes to make a County will be shaped by the similar impact on the Navajo success of these young Reservation. Lickity Split may kid-manage- d, SINCE 1915 fr profit-makin- g Lisbon Valley Mining Company coming to San Juan is, for those who stay abreast of the economic pulse of the County, like having Christmas and the 4th of July on the same da Manv area officials agree it has been many years since an industry with the size and longevity of this one has come to the county It should have a economic ripple affect pio-nounc- throughout the area Bringing 150 new jobs which wall average $16-1per hour across the board, this operation will have an annual payroll of $9 million Washnock states that a strong w7oik ethic and low turnover rate are strong points of the local workforce Lisbon Mining is a wholly owmed subsidiary of the Summo USA Corpoiation, listed on the the permanent workforce has begun and will pick up steam as the company heads toward a late June goal for mining startup, and a September opening date for the processing plant We have enough proven ore reserves for years of operations now7, but wTe are actively in7-- riSSBi'S3k New RECA report - See page speak - See page 3 Broncos place 2nd, 3rd at state tourneys - See page 10-- 1 1 Famous connections with Blanding - See page 12 Graduation - See Caveman, pg 20 site and is now being i ('assembled This was accom- plished at a substantial savings Funeral services are May 13 at over buying new equipment the LDS North Chapel in Monticello for David Matthew When the ore runs out, this null Kopta son of David and Tarni will piobably be torn down again Kopta and grandson of Grant and moved to anothei company and Colleen Bronson The begins at 9 30 a m folpioperty somewhere in the viewing lowed by the funeral at am western United States Present plans call for 83 men working in mining and trucking, 58 to work in the processing boy Kylan Hugh on the plant, and about Debra & Travis Tree managementclencal team Apnl 30 The mines will consist oftluee Toronto Stock Exchange Officials estimate that the opeiation open pit operations and one will result in goods and services smaller satellite mine, all within valued at $25 million and $3 a mile of the null million in annual taxes According to Jim Brady, ore is In an interview with Bob hauled by truck to a series of Washnock, general manager, three crushers The primaiy one of the first things he said crusher reduces ore to 12" mwas how much he and his team, inus The second and third comprised of Mike Attaway, Jim crushers fuither refine ore to a Brady (mine manager), and size of 114" or smaller Ore is then put m an acid sulLynn Holden (process plant furic bath combined with elecmanager) appreciated the cooperation and assistance from tricity in what Brady referred to as the Electric Winning Circuit County and City officials We hope to be a positive presprocess This leaches the pure ence in San Juan County for copper particles from the ore many years to come, and we ap- over time The finished product is a rectpreciate the welcome and the angular shaped flat slab of 99 5 cooperation we have received, said Washnock percent pure copper 2 5 feet x 4 feet ranging in thickness from We finished all the state and Federal permitting require- 12 to 34 inches and weighing ments in 1997, and then we several hundred pounds. San Juan County copper will spent seven years adjudicating be shipped all over the world to challenges on groundwater conbecome electrical wiring, compotamination and other environmental objections before we got nents for the high tech industry and parts for thousands of items the final permits to begin conwe use and take for granted evMay 9 snow report struction, Washnock said 2 of water in 39 4 of snow 22 While the delays would norery day. 4 2" is average be and Company officials state that permally frustrating 5 9 in 93 was high 0 in several years is the low haps fatal to a project of this most of the workforce will probsnow is 529 of normal nature, it was actually a bless- ably live in Monticello and La Current La snow Sal is 177 of normal is because the mine ing in disguise because copper Sal, partly closer to those communities, but prices almost doubled in the interim. partly because housing prices The capital requirements to are much lower than in Moab Lisbon Valley Copper is presget the mill and mine up and for running are in the tens of mil- ently taking applications interlions of dollars Most of the ememployment Individuals office of ployees at the site presently are ested may contact any specialized subcontractors from the Utah Department of out of the area, but the hn ing of Workforce Services 7 1 1 0 fey multi-ye- 1 Looking west across one of the future open pit copper mine locations toward the large mill area presently being built in Lisbon Valley beBuckley Jensen photo tween Monticello and Moab 2 Chad Hymas to 8 volved in exploratory di llling for additional reserves, and hope to be here for a long time, said Washnock The null, or processing plant as it is called, was dismantled in Nevada, hauled to the Lisbon ' ar multi-ye- ar |