Confluence of Cement Creek & Animas River Aug 11 2025, 4 PM just 4 days later. Photo by Silverton Standard
Animas River along local trail Aug 07 2025, 5pm. Photo by Silverton Standard
Natalie Occidental mine portal photo was taken on Aug 07, 2025 at 1pm by Pete Maisel.
Photo of same spot on Animas River Aug 11 2025, 4 PM. Photo by Silverton Standard
Confluence of Cement Creek & Animas River on Aug 07 2025, 5 pm. Photo by Silverton Standard
Last Thursday, August 7th, around 5pm at the confluence of Cement Creek and Animas River right in the heart of Silverton, we witnessed a deep, dark, orange plume of water dump from Cement Creek into the Animas River. The dark orange plume that brought back clear memories from the Gold King Mine accident, while this incident was only two days after the 10-year anniversary of the EPA accident. Th...
