Basement (washington)
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Location in Washington
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Washington | ||
| County : | Ferry County | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 5 ′ N , 118 ° 41 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 234 (as of: United States Census 2010 ) | ||
| Population density : | 9.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 24.6 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 24.6 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 457 m | ||
| Postal code : | 99140 | ||
| Area code : | +1 509 | ||
| FIPS : | 53-34960 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1518417 | ||
Keller is a community-free area and a census-designated place (CDP) in southwest Ferry County in the northeastern part of Washington state . As of the 2010 United States Census , 234 residents lived in basements.
history
The place is located in the valley of the Sanpoil River and was founded in 1898 by John C. Keller, a local businessman. The place was initially in the area known today as “God's Country” (or “Old Keller” for the locals); at its heyday it had 3,500 residents and even had a lower-tier baseball team and a red-light district. The location was relocated several times from 1941 onwards, as this was made necessary by the backwater from the Grand Coulee Dam , which flooded the previous location; Keller is now 18 miles north of the Columbia River . The series of relocations certainly contributed to the reduction in the population.
The site lies within the Colville Indian Reservation , which includes an estimated population of 1,200 people; most of them are of Native American descent and are members of the Sanpoil , one of the twelve tribes of the Colville Confederated Tribes and one of the very few Native American nations never to have been evicted from their ancestral territory by the US government.
Mining plans on Mount Tolman
From 2004 to 2006 the place Keller was at the center of the public eye after a controversial decision by the Colville Tribes , the possibilities of the open pit operated molybdenum -Mine in sanpoil tribe Valley at Mount Tolman to explore. Baby Ray Peone rallied opposition to the mine when it became apparent that the project was posing too great a threat to the people of Washington. Research has shown that the mined material contains uranium and toxic dusts that, if exposed to the wind, could have been distributed over 200 miles (320 km) around the agricultural areas in Washington. The planned mine should also use technologies such as leaching to loosen the desired metals from the rock; due to the short distance to the Columbia River, the entries could have been disastrous. Other groups complained about the Sanpoil's religious ties to the mountain (the name "Tolman" comes from the Sanpoil dialect, where Tulameen means "red color") because many of the tribe's legends and remedies are identical to the mountain. The group that originally proposed the mining was aimed at the stagnating economic situation and the high profit that the great demand for molybdenum would generate. The opposition rejected this with reference to the unpredictability of the price to be achieved for molybdenum; the only constant value between 1955 and 1982 had proven to be a price of 0.50 ... 1.50 US $ per pound of ore. When the matter got to the vote by the Colville Tribes , it was carried out in three districts of the reservation and only prevailed in the Inchelium District .
Individual evidence
- ^ Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Keller CDP, Washington . US Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ↑ HistoryLink Essay: Original Keller Ferry site floods as the Columbia River rises behind the newly constructed Grand Coulee Dam in the winter of 1939/1940
- ^ Keller District . The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ Mountain of controversy . In: The Spokesman Review , February 13, 2006. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ "Mount Tolman" Molybdenum Mining Deposit Map . The Diggings ™. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
