Cowden Incorporated would run the 70-acre Ranch Quarry Surface Mine. It would operate up to 12 hours a day, six days a week.
WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Its rolling hills and green pastures are why this part of Whatcom County is called Peaceful Valley.
Neighbors, however, fear it could soon be anything but that.
A proposed mine is now raising concerns about noise, traffic and cancer.
“It’s kind of a terrifying thing to contemplate,” says Andrew Clarke.
Clarke lives just 400 feet from a proposed gravel pit southeast of Sumas. His wife and 6-year-old daughter live there, too.
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