AN ILLINOIS COMPANY IS INVESTING IN A NEW FLOUROSPAR MINE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE MINERAL, WHICH IS USED IN MAKING STEEL, HAD BEEN MINED IN DECADES PAST IN THE PENNYRILE REGION OF THE STATE, BUT PROJECT MANAGER BOYCE MOODIE III SAYS THE NEW MINE WILL BE THE ONLY WORKING SPAR MINE IN THE U.S. REPORTEDLY HASTIE MINING AND TRUCKING CO. OF CAVE-IN-ROCK, ILL, IS INVESTING MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN LIVINGSTON AND CRITTENDON COUNTIES TO OPEN THE MINE.
MOODIE FOUND THE VEIN NEAR THE FORMER KLONDIKE MINE HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER FRANCES MOODIE OPENED IN 1898 ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER.
THE NEW MINE WILL BE KNOWN AS KLONDIKE II. COMPANY OWNER DON HASTIE SAID THERE ARE ABOUT 4 MILLION TONS OF PROVEN ORE AT THE SITE AND IT WILL LIKELY BE LATE SUMMER BEFORE THE MINE BEGINS PRODUCING.
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