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BLM Wants to Withdraw South Pass Public Land
December 1999 by Associated Press
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to close off nearly 5,000 acres of public land on South Pass for the next two years while a plan is developed for designating portions of Sweetwater River as wild and scenic.Over the Divide
Lesa Dale Barton, formerly of Armadillo Mining Shop of Grants Pass, Oregon, passed away September 6, 2006 after bravely fighting cancer for several months.
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• Advertising Manager Leaving ICMJ
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• Circulation and Collections Manager Leaving ICMJ
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• Looking Back
• Gold in Sonora
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