2 companies pitch competing plans for Sacaton Mine near Casa Grande
ASARCO Mine aerial photo 2009/PinalCentral
A battle over ownership of the old Sacaton Mine is developing between two companies — one that wants to return the property to mining and another that wants to create hydropower.
In October, Elim Mining announced that it was working with the ASARCO Multi-State Environmental Custodial Trust and the state to purchase and restart the mine under a new name, Cactus Mine.
On Jan. 19, Ramm Power Group announced that it had filed a notice of intent and a pre-application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to use the nearly 1,000-foot-deep mine as a pumped water storage hydropower facility.
