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Senate Democrats block Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, mining firm's Alaska land swap.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2004

By Becky Kramer, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 23--A federal land swap benefiting an Alaska gold mine proposed by Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. created a fracas last week at the nation's capital.

Senate Democrats walked out of an Energy Committee hearing to keep the Cape Fox Land Exchange from coming to a vote. While environmentalists hailed the move, the bill's sponsor -- Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski -- was livid.

The political maneuvering reduced the bill's chance of passage this year.

"It doesn't mean the bill is dead for the year, but time is certainly getting tight," said Chuck Kleeschulte, Murkowski's communications director.

Coeur d'Alene Mines wants to reopen the...

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