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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo.—A former gold mine near Copper Mountain is now in the hands of Summit County after years of open-space negotiations.
The county bought the 129-acre mine for $900,000. The land in an area called Mayflower Gulch was bought from Florentine Vantine, of Florida, who owned the land but orginally wanted $4 million for it.
County officials say they’ve been working since 2002 to acquire it.
Vantine says the site still hold valuable gold and silver. But the state mining permit was retired as a condition of the sale.
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Information from: Summit Daily News,
