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Section of Pa. Turnpike to Calif. to See Undergo $200M Reconstruction First Gold Mine in 50 Years By Christine Wolkin
Crane Armada Keeps Tappan Zee Bridge Job Afloat…8
World of Asphalt Breaks Attendance Records…14
Diggerland USA Unveils New Attraction…28
Table of Contents ................4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................61-69 Recycling Section ........73-97 Attachment & Parts Section ..................................107-113 Auction Section ......118-137 Business Calendar ..........130 Advertisers Index ............138
CEG ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The Wild West may soon find itself in another gold rush frenzy: Golden Queen is building the first fully-permitted gold mine to open in California in 50 years. Golden Queen Mining Company Ltd., a Canadian publically-held company, is developing the Soledad Mountain Project, a fully permitted, open pit, heap leach gold and silver project located just outside the town of Mojave in Kern County, Calif., about 90 mi. northeast of the Los Angeles International Airport. The project will use conventional open pit mining methods and the cyanide heap leach and MerrillThe project involves the replacement of six overhead bridges and the widening of the Crowe processes to recover gold and silver from existing turnpike mainline between the Butler Valley Interchange (Exit 39) and Allegheny crushed, agglomerated ore. Construction has Valley Interchange (Exit 48), in Allegheny County, Pa. started on site and commissioning is planned for 2015. ing turnpike mainline between the Butler Valley By Brenda Ruggiero “We expect to produce 1 million ounces of Interchange (Exit 39) and Allegheny Valley gold and 10 million ounces of silver over the CEG CORRESPONDENT Interchange (Exit 48), in Allegheny County, Pa. next decade or so,” said Lutz Klingmann, direcThe project began in February 2013 and is tor and president of Golden Queen, who added A section involving 8 mi. (12.9 km) of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is currently undergoing expected to be completed in the fall of 2018. that he predicts a 12-year mine life. According to the Pennsylvania Turnpike a total reconstruction and widening valued at Klingmann has been involved with Golden Commission (PTC), more than 40,000 cars and approximately $200 million. Queen Mining Co. Ltd. since 2001 and has been The project involves the replacement of six trucks travel this stretch per day, making it one instrumental in the development and permitting overhead bridges and the widening of the existsee TURNPIKE page 126 process of the Soledad Mountain Project. A seasoned mine developer, Klingmann has developed six mines, four of which were in the southwestern United States, since mid-1981. His operating experience spans the globe and includes Africa, Venezuela, Canada and the United States. The primary ore types that will be mined are A new report released by the Construction estimates reflect deeper flaws in the rule and rhyolite porphyry and flow-banded rhyolite, Industry Safety Coalition (CISC) found that the urged the federal agency to reconsider its pyroclastics and quartz latite porphyry representing approximately 70, 10 and 20 percent of Occupational Safety and Health approach. OSHA’s proposed rule, intended to drastical- the ore tonnage respectively. Minor quantities of Administration’s (OSHA) proposed silica standards for U.S. construction industry will cost ly reduce the permissible exposure limit (PEL) siliceous vein material (0.1 percent) will also be the industry $5 billion per year — roughly $4.5 of crystalline silica for the construction industry, mined. The rock types will be found in different billion per year more than OSHA’s estimates. has been underestimated by the agency to cost areas and at various stages of the mine life. The The coalition cautioned that the flawed cost see QUEEN page 98 see OSHA page 124
OSHA Grossly Underestimates Cost of Silica Rule for Industry