Photo by Will Meyerriecks Silverton Standard & the Miner The plume of mine waste from the Gold King flows through Silverton on Wednesday afternoon Aug5.
The estimated 3 million gallons of mine waste that burst from an earthen bank at the Gold King and swept into Cement Creek on Wednesday morning, Aug. 5, tainted the Animas River and triggered disaster declarations throughout the region. The incident forced the cities of Durango, Aztec and Farmington, N.M., to seek alternate sources of drinking water and also has affected wells associated with t...
