493:. By 2016, the USAF only valued Groom Mine at under a third of a million dollars; the Sheahan family's legal counsel valued the property as being worth over $ 100 million. In 2017, the family claimed they were forced to leave millions of dollars worth of property at Groom Mine following the seizure; part of the property which was abandoned includes an antique anvil that was missing when personal property was reviewed in November 2015. In August 2019, it was reported that the family was hoping to have a jury trial to determine the value of the property. The trial was ultimately conducted in front of a three-member Land Commission. Prior to trial, the landowners accepted the Government's valuation of the mineral interests at $ 104,000 and went to trial only to contest the value of the surface rights. The landowner's experts valued those rights at $ 50 million based on the property being developed into a commercial tourism enterprise offering views of Area 51. The Government's experts valued it at $ 254,000 based on continued use as a rural recreation retreat. On May 29, 2020 the Land Commission ruled that just compensation for the taking of the surface rights is $ 1,100,000 based on the property's continued use for rural recreation, with a premium over the Government's valuation to account for its view of Area 51 and its historic use as a family owned mining operation.
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Sheahan family had not disclosed any activities of the Groom Lake facility. In September 2015, the commander of the Nevada Test and Training Range stated that the existence of the mine within the range led to "tremendous expense" due to "canceling missions when they came out"; secret operations at the base could not proceed when civilians were present on the Sheahan's property within easy view of the installation. On 16 September 2015, the property was condemned under
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403:. Returning to the mine had to be done using a different route; the normal route was too radioactive to travel on. The following Fox test in late May 1952 led to fallout falling on the mine; the highest-recorded radiation was 0.32 roentgen per hour. It was, however, the view of the Atomic Energy Commission that the nuclear detonations "had not subjected Groom Mine personnel to any real danger from fallout".
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Sheahan family, originally offering $ 1.5 million. By August 2015, the USAF had raised the offer to $ 5.2 million; the family continued rejecting the offers. In August 2015, a government press release described the mine as a "safety and security risk", even
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Sheahan family periodically blasted for minerals at the mine; by this time the family had owned the mine for 130 years.
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Sheahan family would receive in just compensation for the government acquisition of Groom Mine; the USAF in 2015 estimated the land to be worth $ 1.2 million. In November 2015, the Sheahan family suggested the mine be protected
332:. Beginning in 1950, roads approaching the mine from the west were closed due to military activities, leading to the Sheahan family and Lincoln County to build a road from the east; this is referred to as Groom Road in a 1986 report. During the 1950s, mining operations paused due to nearby
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Sheahan family while surveying the area for a gunnery and bombing range to be used during World War II. The outhouse and bunkhouse at the mine were accidentally
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Bombing and Gunnery Range. Beginning in the 1950s, Groom Mine began to be impacted by nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site; Groom Mine was 38 miles (61 km) away. In 1951, the
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District and had been worked on by three generations of the Sheahan family. Based on
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Conception claim, other claims in Groom District were made and held by the Sheahan family. From 1915 until 1917, the mine was leased to Tom McCormick, who worked the mine. In September 1917, a miner from
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ores, had finished by 1874. Groom Mine continued to operate, finally ceasing operations in 1954. By 1956, official recordings of products of the Groom Mining
District, which includes Groom Mine, shows that
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who was employed by Groom Mining Company died at the mine. In the mid-to-late 1910s the mine produced silver worth about $ 250,000. The shipping of mined products became difficult with the closing of the
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Easy Test, which led to the mine being evacuated due to its proximity to the detonation. Following the detonation, measurements of radiation at the mine reached 0.19
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from its previous owners in 2015. Just compensation was set at $ 1.204 million by the United States District Court, District of Nevada (Las Vegas), Judge
1988: September 10, 2015) ("Schedule G Estimate of Just Compensation: The estimated just compensation for the interests being taken is $ 1,200,000.").
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informed the Sheahan family of the planned detonations and set up instrumentation at the mine. The instrumentation was monitored by an employee of the
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in 1859, prospecting of other areas in Nevada began. Mining in the area began in the late 1860s, after minerals were discovered in the
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for the Groom Mine was issued in 1872 and in 1885, the Sheahan family acquired the property. The mine was three days' travel from
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in 1864. A mining district to organize claims, called Groom District, was formed in 1869. In 1871, the area was documented in the
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per hour. It caused some structural damage, breaking the front door of the Sheahan's home. Further away,
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method began; a source later referred to this mill as a
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1423:Huff, Steve (12 September 2015).
1342:Chrystal, Chris (6 August 1984).
247:era; the site is also covered by
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1947:Ritter, Ken (7 September 2015).
1921:Rogers, Keith (31 August 2015).
1594:Philip L. Fradkin (March 2004).
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