Story Created: Feb 26, 2007 at 11:30 PM MDT
Story Updated: Feb 28, 2007 at 7:07 PM MDT
Twin Mining Corporation, a Toronto, Canada-based mining company, wants to use cyanide to leach gold from the ore left from an old mine near Atlanta on a tributary upstream from the Boise River.
Environmental groups have warned it could pollute the source of drinking water, irrigation and recreation for the state's most populous river valley.
Bieter said that in opposing the mine, the city is taking a stand for Boise's livability.
He called the mine ''an intolerable threat to the river, the environment and the citizens of Boise.''
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