By TONY DAVIS When mining engineer Dennis Fischer drives visitors to the site of the proposed Rosemont mine in the Santa Rita Mountains, he talks of jobs and tax benefits.

By GABRIELA RICO Will give up 45% of silver at Santa Ritas copper pit A fellow Canadian company has agreed to help finance Augusta Resource Corp.'s proposed Rosemont Mine in exchange for 45 percent of the silver output for the life of the mine.

By Gabriela Rico, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Apr. 30--A fellow Canadian company has agreed to help finance Augusta Resource Corp.'s proposed Rosemont Mine in exchange for 45 percent of the silver output for the life of the mine.

By Tim Steller, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Feb. 12--A new study of the proposed Rosemont mine's economic impacts finds there are significant costs to the mine's construction, and that the benefits are relatively small.

By TIM ELLIS More than 300 residents tell state regulators why CAP line a good idea - or a bad one More than 300 people packed a Sahuarita meeting hall last week to tell three top state regulators why they favor, or oppose, a plan to build a Central Arizona Project pipeline into the area.