steamer Wrote:
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> Since the orignal mining company stopped mining in
> 1922 it would seem kind of difficult to hold them
> responsible. The problem seems to be that a near
> by mine that was abandoned and had it's adit
> pluged with a concrete plug acording to EPA specs
> has filled with water and leaked into the Gold
> King. The Gold King adit was then sealed with a
> concrete plug. Apparentally The EPA was digging
> near the plug and got into the tunnel in back of
> the plug with disastorous
> results.

I don't have any illusions about holding the original company repsonsible. My point is that we all pretty much value Gold for a variety of reasons, including using it in the very electronic devices we are using now. So, we as a society, have decided to clean up the mess, hence the EPA.