Photo Gallery - Historic Views
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View work completed in 2006:
tailings area | waste rock area | treatment area | repository area | sulfate reducing bioreactor
Ore Hill site viewed from southwest, circa 1904. |
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1972 view from waste rock pile looking downsite to tailings.At this time, the Appalachian Trail (AT) went directly through the mine site. It was later rerouted east of the site after the area was acquired by the federal government in the late 1970s. (Click on image for larger photo) |
Another 1972 view looking downsite from the waste rock pile to the tailings. (Click on image for larger photo) |
1972 view looking toward the waste rock pile from the tailings area in the lower part of the site (Click on image for larger photo) |
1983 view from lower end of site to the "pit." Work later in 1983 pushed the tailings into the pit and smoothed out the topography. This "pit" has 16 feet of tailings to be excavated as part of the currently planned work. (Click on image for larger photo) |
This 1987 view looks south from the waste rock pile onto the tailings area. (Click on image for larger photo) |
ca. 2000 view showing the seep at the base of the waste rock pile in spring. Surface water (precipitation and run-off) and shallow groundwater from farther upslope infiltrate the waste rock pile and emerge at this seep as acid mine drainage. There are similar seeps in tailings down the slope (Click on image for larger photo) |
Google Earth satellite view of site before the start of |
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View work completed in 2006:
tailings area | waste rock area | treatment area | repository area