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Bandon Residents Fight Proposed Mining, Worried About Their Water Quality

May 6, 2009
By Dennis Newman

Bandon area homeowners have a new argument against a proposed chromite mining operation in their area. The Coos Bay World newspaper says the homeowners presented evidence that levels of hexavalent chromium are increasing in some nearby wells.  The wells are owned by Oregon Resources Corp., the same company that wants to conduct the mining....
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