On August 12, 2013, Comstock Mining Inc. submitted an application for a Master Plan and zoning change to the Lyon County Planning Department. They also provided a copy of these applications to the Silver City Advisory Board. The master plan and zoning changes requested at the Dayton Consolidated would allow pit mining within Silver City

The excellent Associated Press story about our opposition to CMI’s pit mining plan was picked up by newspapers all over the country. This one is from the Albany (NY) Times-Union.