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April 8, 2026 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Columbia Gold Mines Ltd · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had not returned phone calls for approximately 2 days so a well being check was called into the County Sheriffs Office as well as to a trusted member of the community. The community member found employee on the ground in a shack adjacent to employee's living area deceased from an apparent heart attack.

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