Ouray County commissioners will remain neutral on a mining permit application for the Von Doose Mine, but have issued a warning about the owner illegally plowing the road to access the property in the winter.

The commissioners discussed the property at their last three meetings, which is located in the Alpine Zone off County Road 20A. They previously expressed concerns over the wording in the mining application, but after mine owner Eli Doose brought attorney Marti Whitmore to the meeting on June...