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SILVERTON – Town and county officials are expressing concern that state officials are reluctant to take the lead role in managing the Bonita Peak Mining District Super-fund Site, despite “good-faith assurances” to that effort made in 2016 when Gov. Hickenlooper requested the Superfund listing in the wake of the Gold King Mine spill. In an Oct. 2 letter to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Silerton Mayor Chris Tookey and San Juan County Board Chairman Erni...