As of August 2022, Drake Cement is engaged in its Perkinsville Road Exploration Project within the Kaibab National Forest. The site, in a location that was mined previously, lies about two miles distant from the southernmost edge of Williams.
This exploration is scheduled to last about one month. To help determine whether Drake Cement’s staked claims in the area contain natural pozzolan deposits suitable for mining, the company will dig eight small trenches, each about 200 square feet.
Per U.S. Forest Service requirements, these trenches will be graded and repaired – with all the removed materials completely restored – once the exploration is finished.
We will continue to do due diligence and meet proactively with multiple stakeholders, including City of Williams leadership and local residents. While the General Mining Act of 1872 offers wide latitude for prospecting and mining on any federal land that has not been set aside for a specific use, Drake Cement conducts itself as a socially responsible company, one that acknowledges its impact on the world around us and strives at all times to be a responsible corporate citizen.
Thus, we will deliver more information about this project as it becomes available, in part to dispel false impressions about this potential project. For example:
As updates become available to the Perkinsville Road project, you can find information and news here.
The following e-mail exchange between Charlene Lloyd, a concerned citizen of Williams, and David Cavez, the Drake representative in charge of the Perkinsville Road project,
The following Q&As were recently posted to the Williams-Grand Canyon News. Residents weigh in on mining Bill Williams Mountain Drake Cement LLC weighs in on
The attached letter from John & Kerry-Lynn Moede, residents of Williams, AZ, expresses their concern for protecting the Cataract Creek Wash watershed near a plot
Williams, AZ, August 19, 2022 – On July 29, 2022, Drake Cement LLC submitted the initial documentation for a proposal to explore pozzolan (a cement
Over the past two months, an enormous amount of inaccurate information has spread across the region about Drake Cement and our exploration project seeking pozzolan
WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Residents who live on the eastern edge of Bill Williams Mountain have plenty of questions and concerns as a slew of mining
The following e-mail exchange between Charlene Lloyd, a concerned citizen of Williams, and David Cavez, the Drake representative in charge of the Perkinsville Road project,
The following Q&As were recently posted to the Williams-Grand Canyon News. Residents weigh in on mining Bill Williams Mountain Drake Cement LLC weighs in on
The attached letter from John & Kerry-Lynn Moede, residents of Williams, AZ, expresses their concern for protecting the Cataract Creek Wash watershed near a plot
Williams, AZ, August 19, 2022 – On July 29, 2022, Drake Cement LLC submitted the initial documentation for a proposal to explore pozzolan (a cement
Over the past two months, an enormous amount of inaccurate information has spread across the region about Drake Cement and our exploration project seeking pozzolan
WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Residents who live on the eastern edge of Bill Williams Mountain have plenty of questions and concerns as a slew of mining
