By Tina Fisher Cunningham
The Forde Files No 70
Shedding light on local issues
A Mountain of Gold
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Soledad Mountain rises above a sea of wind turbines in Mojave, seen from Oak Creek Road. The barren, rugged mountain harbors veins of gold and silver that individual miners and companies have dug for more than a century. With modern extraction techniques, the Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. will commence industrial-scale mining in 2015, providing 140 to 150 jobs. "The Next California Gold Producer," says the company's web site of its Soledad Mountain Project. "The project will use conventional open pit mining methods and the cyanide heap leach and Merrill-Crowe processes to recover gold and silver from crushed, agglomerated ore." Construction has started on site. The director and president is Canadian H. Lutz Klingmann, who has developed six mines and who has had operating experience in Africa, Venezuela and Canada in addition to the United States. Investor information and current stock prices ore on the web site. See http://goldenqueen.com.
For a fun and informative look at the history of the Soledad Mines read this great two part series by Susan Wiggins: http://www.theloopnewspaper.com/story/2014/01/18/community/soledad-mines-part-i/240.html
New hospital 35 percent complete
Tehachapi Hospital Interim CEO Evan Rayner
Tehachapi Hospital Interim CEO Evan Rayner points out sections of the Replacement Hospital at the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council on May 7. He said the heli-stop (not “port”) is fully poured and that he is concentrating on beefing up services prior to opening the new facility. The Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District chose Bakersfield Memorial as its stroke partner.
Eve Geisler is Distinguished Kiwanian
Kiwanis Club President Donna Fischman, recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Service Award, Eve Geisler, and Division 33 Lt. Gov. Fushia Ward.
The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi named Eve Geisler (center) the recipient of its 2014 Distinguished Service Award, honoring her work as long-time treasurer and board member. Geisler is an author of mysteries and inspirational books, and is a certified instructor on living with diabetes. Geisler acts as treasurer for a number of other service organizations in the area, notably the Hospital Guild and her church. She lives in the Tehachapi home that she and her late husband Bob hand-built when they moved here. At their Wednesday luncheon meetings at Pacino’s, members look forward to Geisler’s really corny jokes that are measured on a 1 to 10 “groan factor.” Club President Donna Fischman (left) and Division 33 Lt. Gov. Fushia Ward presented the award to Eve Geisler.
