Any geologist or hydrogeologist would have known that the Gold King tunnels were full of water. There were natural springs above the tunnel level seeping away. That alone shows that the fractured rocks of the mountain were saturated with water. The EPA were such idiots digging out the reasonably stable collapse at the tunnel entrance. They were upset about a little acidic seep which could have been captured in some settling ponds and neutralized with lime.
The Gold King spill was EPA stupidity.
Just wait 'til this D'oh Biden calamity of an administration gets in gear!
I remember in 1975, jeeping above Ouray Colorado. I came upon a mine with clear water flowing out of it’s mouth. I figured all the abandoned mines were full of water.
They should have left the Silverton mines alone.
I caught my first fish back in 1956 in the Animas at Farmington NM just east of the old bridge on S. Miller ave. Wonder if there are any fish in the river now.