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Buckskin Joe Mine Site

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Area 6 upper pond prior to removal action. Bottom of pond contains mine tailings with heavy metals. Looking East.<br />Date Taken: 8/20/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2917195887249<br />Longitude: -106.095840632892<br />Tags:
Upper pond (Area 6) prior to removal. Looking South.<br />Date Taken: 8/20/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2917638735247<br />Longitude: -106.095853149922<br />Tags:
Lower pond (Area 7) prior to removal.<br />Date Taken: 8/20/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2918178454836<br />Longitude: -106.095709204732<br />Tags:
Beginning to build cap on lower pond.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2917998982509<br />Longitude: -106.095498204184<br />Tags:
Lower cap started on lower pond. Looking North.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2916241429803<br />Longitude: -106.095346212448<br />Tags:
Lower pond cap starting to be constructed.<br />Date Taken: 8/20/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2916842993858<br />Longitude: -106.0954284668<br />Tags:
Truck delivering cover material.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2918745851798<br />Longitude: -106.095487475399<br />Tags:
Cap material is being spread over tailings in lower pond.<br />Date Taken: 8/21/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2917064417686<br />Longitude: -106.095413267643<br />Tags:
Delivery of cap material to lower pond.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2917784043774<br />Longitude: -106.095444560054<br />Tags:
Skid streer moving cap material over tailings on lower pond.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.291841414998<br />Longitude: -106.095499992377<br />Tags:
Skid Steer moving cap material over tailings in lower pond.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2916753474185<br />Longitude: -106.095428466913<br />Tags:
Upper pond looking North.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2918469505582<br />Longitude: -106.095741391189<br />Tags:
Lower pond filled with cap material. Looking North.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.291685034624<br />Longitude: -106.095426678719<br />Tags:
Upper pond looking North.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.2916587405692<br />Longitude: -106.095623374156<br />Tags:
Starting to work on upper pond.<br />Date Taken: 8/22/2023<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.291732043994<br />Longitude: -106.095897853378<br />Tags:
Filling in lower pond and starting to fill upper pond. Looking north.<br />Date Taken: 8/23/2023<br />Category: Removal<br />Latitude: 39.2917139444444<br />Longitude: -106.09550175<br />Tags:
Moving cap soil to upper pond. Looking West.<br />Date Taken: 8/23/2023<br />Category: Removal<br />Latitude: 39.291825<br />Longitude: -106.095504666667<br />Tags:
Picture of upper pond looking down to lower pond. Looking South.<br />Date Taken: 8/23/2023<br />Category: Removal<br />Latitude: 39.2917557222222<br />Longitude: -106.095823138889<br />Tags:
Filling upper pond using ERRS truck. Looking north<br />Date Taken: 8/23/2023<br />Category: Removal<br />Latitude: 39.2917033333333<br />Longitude: -106.095487583333<br />Tags:
Upper pond looking west.<br />Date Taken: 8/23/2023<br />Category: Removal<br />Latitude: 39.2918488888889<br />Longitude: -106.095741083333<br />Tags:

Area 6 upper pond prior to removal action. Bottom of pond contains mine tailings with heavy metals. Looking East. Upper pond (Area 6) prior to removal. Looking South. Lower pond (Area 7) prior to removal. Beginning to build cap on lower pond. Lower cap started on lower pond. Looking North. Lower pond cap starting to be constructed. Truck delivering cover material. Cap material is being spread over tailings in lower pond. Delivery of cap material to lower pond. Skid streer moving cap material over tailings on lower pond. Skid Steer moving cap material over tailings in lower pond. Upper pond looking North. Lower pond filled with cap material. Looking North. Upper pond looking North. Starting to work on upper pond. Filling in lower pond and starting to fill upper pond. Looking north. Moving cap soil to upper pond. Looking West. Picture of upper pond looking down to lower pond. Looking South. Filling upper pond using ERRS truck. Looking north Upper pond looking west. Upper pond looking south. Upper pond looking north. Old shed is on the right. Upper pond work. Preparing upper pond for final cap material. Final touches of cap being completed. Cap almost complete. Doing some final touch ups. Smoothing out final cap. Last load of cap material being delivered. Adding rocks to match surrounding area. Finished cap. Placing rocks on cap to match surrounding landscape. Finished cap of lower and upper pond. Looking North from lower pond to upper pond. Finished cap of upper pond looking North. Finished cap of upper pond. Finished cap looking South from upper pond to lower pond. Final cap for Areas 6 and 7. Trout Unlimited will add vegatation to cap in a few weeks. Finished cap with entrance blocked. ERRS crew remove contaminated top soil from Site 8. Post removal of contaminated soil in drainage at Site 8. ERRS crew utilizing hand tools and buckets to remove contaminated soil from drainage at Site 8. Tailings pile 10 located in front of chopped down trees. Temporary contaminated soil storage area. Post removal from the NW corner of Area 9 Post removal from the NW corner of Area 9. Historic structure in Area 9 before removal. ERRS contractors installing silt fence in Site 5. ERRS contractors fortify the creek bank in Area 10 with clean rocks after removing contaminated soil. Area 9 during removal pictured from upper access road. ERRS contractors grading a hill in Area 9 after contaminated soil removal. Hill in Area 10 after removal and grading. Hill in Area 10 after removal and grading, looking West from Buckskin Creek. Excavator clearing a path to Area 5. Looking West from County RD 8. Excavator removing contaminated soil in Area 5. Looking West towards Area 4. Area 5 during removal and grading. Looking South along Buckskin Creek. Area 5 post removal and grading. Looking N from Buckskin Creek. Area 5 post removal and grading. Looking W towards Buckskin Creek. Completed channel to divert water from mine adit in Area 4. Excavator remediation of area 5, taken from area 4 Blockage installed at access to Area 5 post removal. Transferring water drainage to man-made diversion in Area 4. Orange marks out of collapsed adit to avoid in area 4. Area 9/10 collecting rocks and soil to create a natural cap. Tree placement for erosion control before cap is placed in area 4. Looking from area 5 to area 4. Changed the slope of tailings to allow slope to hold cap material. Area 3 pre-fill/natural capping. Plan to make alternate flow path for water from adit 3. Area 9 loading haul truck with native clean dirt for natural caping of area 3. Area 3. Post natural capping and add in of trench/bypass Erosion control at the bottom of area 4 complete. Lined with boulders where the bottom of area 4 meets the creek. Excavator placing large boulders on the creek side of area 4 to reduce erosion. Area 4. Rock retaining wall built along Buckskin Joe creek to help reduce erosion. Top view of area 4 armored to stabilize creekside for erosion control. Area 4 waste rock prior to clay capping Area 4 mid-day clay capping in progress. Area 7. Final picture of remediation with re-vegetation. Area 6. Final remediation of area 6. Plant life growing back after re-vegetation. Competed tailings removal in Area 10. Adjacent to Buckskin creek. Area 3 prior to clay cap View of Area 4. Clay being distributed on hillside as capping. Area 9. Placing native brush on hillside for erosion control. Area 10. Final covering of access road with brush. Area 3 pre coverage. Area 4. Distributing natural cover on the hillside. Area 3 post covering Before (6/14/2022) and After (9/9/2024) images figure for areas 9 and 10. Before (6/14/2022) and After (9/9/2024) images figure for areas 1 and 2. Before (6/14/2022) and After (9/9/2024) images figure for areas 3, 4 and 5. Before (6/14/2022) and After (9/9/2024) images figure for areas 6, 7 and 8.