• Calif. mine owner wants to build world's tallest statue of Jesus

Ted Arman has big plans for his Iron Mountain Mine and the acidic water that seeps from the federal Superfund site. They include a return to mineral mining at the location nine miles northwest of Redding, Calif., and a 200-foot Italian marble statue of Jesus Christ atop the 3,500-foot mountain that Arman says would be the largest in the world. Next to the steel-framed Christ would stand a 100-foot crucifix. Arman said the cross also would be lit up at night.