The Missoula, Mont., group Women’s Voices for the
Earth has an alternative to a proposed gold mine on the Blackfoot
River: Mine Your Jewelry Box, Not the Blackfoot. The group started
collecting gold jewelry last May to support public education and
lawsuits aimed at stopping the McDonald gold project (HCN,
12/22/97). So far, people have donated rings, watches, cufflinks
and chains that will be sold or melted down and recycled. Donna
Kolius donated a gold ring that had been a gift from her
ex-husband; Tatsy Guild of Kalispell kicked in a ring that has
sentimental value for her, though “the value it holds pales beside
the values that the Blackfoot area holds for me.” For information
on the Mine Your Jewelry Box campaign, contact Women’s Voices for
the Earth, 210 N. Higgins, Suite 206, Missoula, MT 59802,
406/543-3747, or e-mail:
wve@wildrockies.org.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Mine your jewelry box.
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