San Juan County Commissioner Pete McKay examines the Gold King 7 portal above Gladstone on Monday Aug 10 2015 photo by Farmington Times
On August 5th, 2015, the EPA caused an environmental disaster that sent 3 million gallons of orange water down Cement Creek, through the heart of Silverton and into the confluence of the Animas River from the Gold King Mine up in Gladstone. The image of the bright orange water headed towards Durango, the Navajo Nation and beyond through the watershed made international news and Silverton was th...
