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Coal Creek can come back to life, with fish once more in residence, after a major restoration job. The project, already underway, is expected to take less than three years to complete. It is a major commitment by AMAX Inc. as the company explores the possibility of opening a molybdenum mine at Mt. Emmons near Crested Butte, Colo. " We used to fish the creek. You could Tony Verzuh was born in Crested Butte catch all the trout you wanted: rain- in 1912. He has lived there all his life and bow, native, eastern, German brown. taken part in alm ost every aspect of During the depression in 1931 , we'd go commu nity activity. He has worked for out in the creek and get fish for dinner. the telephone company and the coal We used to catch fish right where I live. mines. He has served o n the city counci l My cousin caught a two-pounder in and as sheriff. Verzuh is now a con- front of city hall about 40 years back ... tractor and rancher. In the winter, when the creek was down, fish used to stay in beaver ponds. There always were fish. " I I " When AMAX acquired the Keystone Ralph Barnett became AMAX project Mine, it inherited a pollution problem manager at Mt. Emmons in October,
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