WILKINSON
105 Years Ago September 1, 2011
The tailings ponds adjacent to the Pride of the West Mill will soon be a thing of the past.
Colorado Goldfields Inc., the current owner of the mill, plans to reclaim the ponds, covering them with some 87,300 cubic yards of fill, 17,900 cubic yards of growth media, along with 8,640 cubic yards of rip rap rock along the Animas River to make sure the river doesn’t cut in…