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[16] [10] The Sunnyside Mine would become one of Colorado's longest running and most productive mines. [9] The mine was shut down after the 1929 stock market crash, but was acquired by Standard Metals Corp. in 1959, and reopened, finding gold in 1973 with the Little Mary vein. The region's economy was dealt a devastating blow in 1992 when the ...
A rescue operation in Colorado to bring trapped mining tour visitors out of an underground mine was successful, seven hours after one person died and four others were injured. 12 rescued from ...
The 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill was an environmental disaster that began at the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, [2] when Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) personnel, along with workers for Environmental Restoration LLC (a Missouri company under EPA contract to mitigate pollutants from the closed mine), caused the release of toxic waste water into the Animas River watershed.
English: Foundations of the old Sunnyside Mill at the ghost town of Eureka, Colorado, can be seen in May of 2018. The Sunnyside Mine was the last operating mine to shut down in San Juan County, closing for good in 1991, although the mill in the photo shut down in the 40s.
Mikesell said during the news conference on Friday that the other victims involved in the incident have suffered minor injuries. “Teller County has about 30,000 people or a little less.
A storage unit near Denver whose contents were purchased at auction turned out to contain a land mine, Colorado sheriff’s officials said. Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order around the ...
English: A big abandoned mine sits near the town of Silverton, Colorado, which used to be a big mining town served by 4 different railroads, and had numerous other mining towns like Eureka and Chattanooga surrounding it. Photo taken in 2019.
A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping a dozen tourists for several hours, authorities said. The ...