Dear DShock,

Even before I opened the link you posted I just knew it was about Leadville. I just knew.

Has anybody else seen those huge foamy tailings ponds around the Climax Mine?

I grew up in NE PA in hard coal country and I know what strip mined scorched earth looks like all too well but those ponds scared even me. Blue-green furry water diked up higher than the road alongside of it? A recipe for disaster if I ever saw one, I wish them well.

Regards,
Tim Murphy