The project, confusingly called the Silver Mine, has also been renamed I-80 South Quarry in reference to the interstate freeway running by it and to distinguish it from the Harper’s Quarry on the north side of the freeway.
, including Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson, who believe Parleys Canyon is no place for another massive pit and industrial operation.
He said the quarry’s production would put up to 140 trucks a day on Interstate 80, but that would result in a tiny increase of traffic on the busy freeway, which sees, on average, 60,000 vehicles a day. Tree Farm also owns a 50% stake in the Harper quarry, which is operated by the Kilgore Companies, another major aggregate producer with several operations in Utah. Lusty said he is not aware whether the existing and proposed quarries in Parleys Canyon, which are hardly a mile apart, are connected.
Almost immediately into the permitting process, DOGM director John Baza rejected Tree Farm’s application for a small mine, reasoning that the company’s true intent is to develop a large mine, as opposed to the maximum 20-acre footprint allowed under a small-mine permit.
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