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The 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill was an environmental disaster that began at the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, [2] when Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) personnel, along with workers for Environmental Restoration LLC (a Missouri company under EPA contract to mitigate pollutants from the closed mine), caused the release of toxic waste water into the Animas River watershed.
English: Remains of an abandoned mine's ore chute along the Million Dollar Highway between Durango & Silverton, with the building being partially held up by the trees. Date 7 July 2020
The Animas River between Silverton and Durango within 24 hours of the spill. Main article: 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill In August 2015, the La Plata County Sheriff's Office closed the river to the public after a crew working for the EPA released approximately 3 million gallons of mine waste into Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas ...
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English: A big abandoned mine sits near the town of Silverton, Colorado, which used to be a big mining town served by 4 different railroads, and had numerous other mining towns like Eureka and Chattanooga surrounding it. Photo taken in 2019.
English: An abandoned mine sits a few hundred feet above the town of Silverton, Colorado, in the San Juan Mountain Range of the Rocky Mountains, in July 2020. Though not much remains, part of the mine structure remains and is surrounded by phenomenal scenery.
[16] [10] The Sunnyside Mine would become one of Colorado's longest running and most productive mines. [9] The mine was shut down after the 1929 stock market crash, but was acquired by Standard Metals Corp. in 1959, and reopened, finding gold in 1973 with the Little Mary vein. The region's economy was dealt a devastating blow in 1992 when the ...