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mine and in the even deeper
shadow of the dump for hazardous
wastes proposed for the mine site
in Eastern Lancaster County.
Eli Newswanger farms the land
closest to the mine and has already
been intimately involved in the
preliminary jockeying by various
interests in the dump proposal.
Eli, his father Aaron and brother
Aaron Jr. form a three-man relay
team to transfer the tobacco laths
from the wagon bed up some 40
feet into the upper reaches of the
large shed.
The elder Newswanger hefts the
35-pound laths from the wagon to
Eli, perched on the second level of
hanging rafters. Up, the tobacco is
passed from Eh to the younger
Aaron, who’s balanced spread
eagle on the fourth tier of rafters.
He places the laths just beneath
the roof.
The agricultural acrobats walk
the rafters as easily as they walk
the furrows Eh slides his feet
forward and backward on the
rafters to get into position. Young
Aaron bends lower than his feet to
grab the lath and then straightens
to bring it over his head for
hanging.
Eh’s young son scampers bare
foot about the shed retrieving the
“How are we going
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loose leaves that sporadically flop
down.
When it comes to discussing
“that dump”, Eh’s silence is as
meaningful as his words.
And his words, with the same
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shadow of proposed hazardous dump site
strong meaning, can come in two
languages - English and his more
comfortable Dutch.
“I’m flatly not in favor of it,” Eh
states in English for the benefit of
a reporter who didn’t have the
foresight to take full advantage of
learning his parent’s second
language.
“My spring is right against their
line (the mine property).
“The spring is fed from farther
up and in a short time the water
would be ruined.
“It supplies the two houses and
the bam
“It has been holding up pretty
good. Quite a few around here have
dried up this year.
“If it (the wastes) gets into my
water, naturally it’s going to go
farther and get the neighbors.
“How are we going to farm
without water’
“You can’t afford to buy water
for the stock and everything ”
A brief respite is taken by the
trio as the wagon is inched forward
to fill another section of the shed.
Eli recalls his first indication of
something being afoot just as if it
happened yesterday.
“It was back in March,” he said.
“A real estate guy walks in one
day and asks if we want to sell the
farm.
“He came all the way out from
Lancaster and I thought it was
kinda funny that he’d just walk in
that way.”
Then a week or so later, another
piece of the puzzle fell mto place.
“The mine guy came next and
asked if we wanted to sell some
land for a right-of-way to the
mine,” Eli explained.
“He said that maybe they
wanted to mine some more clay.”
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provides the only convenient ac
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without crossing anyone else’s
property.)
“I wasn’t going to sell any far
mland,” Eh said.
“But we have this swamp area
“I threw it right in
his face...there’s no
grounds for any
sale.”
and I thought I might sell that, if a
neighbor that owns an adjacent
piece would also agree.
“But then we started to talk
among ourselves.
“And we came up with this
possible dump.
“When the mine guy carryback,
I threw it right in his face and he
didn’t want to hear anything about
it.
“Then and there I said there’s no
grounds for any sale.” ,
The company that actually
wants to buy the mine and
establish the proposed hazardous
waste dump has never contacted
Eh. It is keeping a similar low
profile in its municipal contacts,
too.
Finally, the last of the five-plant
laths is hefted to the top of the
shed.
The team is rehitched.
“Back, back,” Eh commands.
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the two houses dating to the early of com to spear another wagonload hazardous waste dump site.
Members of the Eli Newswanger family
proceed up farm lane to harvest another
wagonload ,of tobacco in the shadow of the
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