Pushback from solar-weary residents and small-scale miners on Chuckwalla Monument gathers steam
Listen here: Concerned residents and gold mining hobbyists gathered Thursday afternoon to hear a presentation and voice opinions about the Chuckwalla Monument in Riverside County that they say will bring an end to their decades-long practice of conducting small-tool prospecting and mining. Just off Interstate 10 near Blythe, a group of concerned residents met Thursday afternoon in a room that usually stands in as a chapel for the small community at Chiriaco Summit. Organized by Margit Rusche,…