Dickerson Florida, LLC. Proposed Mining Site

LEGAL, PROPERTY & RELATED INFORMATION

PUBLICATIONS & RELATED INFORMATION:

Contractors appointed to repair washed-out road 10/14
Naples cemetery investigation spreads to Bonita mining operation 08/24
The peculiar circumstances involved in Ichetucknee cement plant deal 08/02
DEP reverses decision on Ichetucknee plant 08/02
Chapter 10: Mine, Thine and Ours: The Economics of Property Law 07/10
Florida Legislative Outrage 06/23
Environmental Geology in Land Use Planning 05/24
Socie-economic & Environmental impact on mining reforms 05/11
More sink holes formation?
Florida aquifers and sinkholes formation.
Do you agree with me that 100% of the people do not want to live near a mining pit? It's DUSTY, NOISY and UGLY – lets put it in a gentler way – aesthetically unpleasant to look at! Your house including your AC air handler, trees, plants and surroundings are covered with white dust. Windows are always shut closed. You don't even feel like going out because it’s sticky and dirty. I have yet to see anybody welcome dust of clouds with open arms! They always flinch and cower!

When the mining company starts blasting using dynamite, you're always worried if you will still have your building foundation after the blasting. Will the walls, floors, windows, posts, foundation, pipes and septic tank (we can't forget what's buried underground) suffer cracks that will devalue the worth of your property? How often do you have to clean the air handler of your AC? Will you still have water in your well to pump out for daily use and to irrigate the crops and water the livestock? How much attorney fees you have to pay and the sufferings you have to endure to claim for all these problems? So it goes on.. And on.

So you decide you don't want to live near a mining pit. Factors that you may want to consider before taking such action:
Can you even sell the house and property?
How much will it cost to get a house inspector to check for damages and how much to fix it?
How much can you sell the property or what will be selling price?
Will you loose money or gain money from the sale?
Can you convince anybody to buy the property when you have to disclose to the buyer that soon you'll have a mining pit as neighbor?
How long will it take to find a place to move and will you even find one as similar and as remote as this? (It took us 8 yrs.)
How much will it cost you to move everything, including your livelihood to the new place?
So to all the authorities involved in deciding for our future, it is not a simple matter to put a mining pit where people are living. Especially, when these residents were there ahead of Dickerson Florida and the area is zoned for agriculture and not mining!