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Bulldozers Replace Prospectors in Death Valley
In Death Valley the shift from the picturesque prospector to large scale strip mining by firms has raised alarms. Despite presidential and congressional actions, surface mining expands near Zabriskie Point and Galena canyon prompting calls for federal legislation to halt activities.
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Death Valley
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UPI
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
James Thompson
Thompson
Johns-Manville
Warm Springs Canyon
Pfizer, Inc
Galena Canyon
Cyprus Industrial Minerals
Zabriskie Point
Tenneco
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Zabriskie
Furnace Creek
Western Regional Advisory Committee
National Park Service
National Monument
Senate
House
Panamint Mountains