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To the Editor:
My friends and I read with great interest your June 23 article on the Colorado company, Aurelio Resource Corp., which wants to mine in the Elfrida area again.
The history of the West is the history of mining, after all. The picture that is referred to in the article as rich ore was a great source of humor for all of us rock hounds and miner-types, who have been around a long time and know what high grade types of copper look like. And it is not that which was pictured, which was the blue/green-colored chrysocolla with black. That is probably tenorite, manganese, silver or possibly about a dozen other black-colored minerals.
Apparently, Stephen Doppler, the president and chief executive officer of this company, does not have a great geologist on board if that is indeed is what he thinks is “pure copper.” Pure copper is actually copper in color and when thick cannot be broken open by knocking it into pieces with such ease, as described in the story.
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Chrysocolla is an oxidized copper mineral and is found on all copper mining dumps. I suggest that your newspaper print the Web site and other information on this company and what the area residents have to say about this company, which appears to have great need for financing in order to activate their mining dreams in the area.
After reading about them and talking to those who live in the area, I certainly would not invest my hard-earned money into this particular operation.
People are losing touch with mining and minerals enough these days without newspapers printing misleading information about minerals and giving publicity to out-of-state companies that seek to take advantage of it by soliciting investors.
Shame on you, printing such a laughable piece and your lack of knowledge and research on true facts about minerals and mining.
Betty Krug
Bisbee
Witness to History wrote on Jul 17, 2008 10:10 PM: