The damaged crib wall. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos
The damaged crib wall of the Anglo Saxton Mine with waste running onto CR 110. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos
The 100 year old crib wall designed by miners at the turn of the century held up until this summer’s daily rainstorms. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos
The historic original cribbing holding the Anglo Saxon mine waste back from the San Juan County Road 110 rotted out and collapsed sometime Sunday, August 25th, due to the 100 plus years it had been there and the final straw of all the torrential downpours we have had this summer. All the mine waste that was being held back by this historic crib wall made out of century old logs was so saturated...
