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Weighing the impact of the Gold King Mine spill – and hundreds of inactive mines like it

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imageLots of these: settling ponds precipitate iron oxide and other suspended materials from the Red and Bonita mines near the Gold King Mine.Eric Vance/EPA

Earlier this month, contractors for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) trying to characterize the quantity and quality of water from the Gold King Mine in Colorado...

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