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NYT > Mines and Mining Updated : Sat, 17 May 08 07:04:06 -0400 Bluestone Boom Opens Quarries to New Allies, and to Change Mining permits could become permanent for New York?s bluestone industry, which is one of the state?s oldest. Author : By ANTHONY DEPALMA A Call for Criminal Inquiry on Mine Collapse The general manager of a Utah mine withheld information that could have prevented a disaster, the chairman of a Congressional investigation said. Author : By IAN URBINA As Price of Lead Soars, British Churches Find Holes in Roof The near record price that lead the stuff many old church roofs are made of is fetching on commodity markets has led to an accelerating crime wave. Author : By JAMES KANTER Agency Faulted on Protection at Utah Mine Federal regulators could not show they had made the right decision in approving a high-risk technique used at the Crandall Canyon Mine, an inspector general?s report said. Author : By KIRK JOHNSON ?Undue Influence? at Crandall Canyon? Congress must urgently pass a mine safety bill that would mandate more stringent oversight of retreat mining and other needed reforms. Mine Water Poses Danger of a Toxic Gusher Lake County, Colo., officials declared a state of emergency over concerns that contaminated water could burst from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel and flood the town. Author : By DAN FROSCH