EFC Breaking News
State Land Department Grants 640 Acre Lease!
In a move that is rapidly becoming more typical than we dare imagine, the Arizona State Lad Department has granted W.R. Henderson a 640-acre mineral exploration lease, immediately north of their current aggregate operations.
Please see EFC President Mike Carson's OP-Ed piece regarding this tragedy. It can be found here.
W.R. Henderson Quarry Makes a Bid to ResumeThe W.R. Henderson Quarry, also known as the Old Andrada Quarry (located at Wentworth & Sahuarita Roads), has made application to the State of Arizona to resume operations as an "Existing Aggregate Mine". This action comes four years after Henderson's federal mining plan of operations and reclamation plan (on Federal lands, submitted through the BLM) were remanded to the Tucson BLM from Washington D.C. due to lack of completeness and inaccuracies.
The official notification required by the state regarding the plan can be found here. The Reclamation Plan can be downloaded here. The response to state mine inspector can be found here. A public comment period will begin on October 1st, and last through October 15th. |



Since that date, Henderson has been running a crushing and sorting operation, contracted out to 
