Residents raise dust over mine near Tumalo

Owner wants on-site pumice crusher, no firm ending date

By Hillary Borrud / The Bulletin
February 22, 2008

Until last year, neighbors of a pumice mine south of Tumalo found comfort in the expectation of its owner, Cascade Pumice, that the company would stop mining in less than a decade. That would bring an end to the dust, noise and some of the truck traffic.

Now, the mine has new owners, and their....

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