Photos from the Gold King Mine blowout north of Silverton show the damage to the Animas River.
Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald <br>A panoramic view at dawn revealing contaminated water running through town in the Animas River.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br>Waters of the Animas River begin to recede revealing what the toxic sludge from the Gold King Mine has left on the bottom of the river on Friday near Oxbow Park north of Durango
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br>The Animas River started to clear up a bit north of Durango at Bakers Bridge on Friday morning after the Gold King Mine spilled a toxic sludge into the river on Wednesday.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald The Animas River that has been the life blood of Durango flows through town on Friday afternoon carrying a toxic sludge of minerals the spilled form the Gold King Mine near Silverton.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br>Waters of the Animas River begin to recede revealing what the toxic sludge from the Gold King Mine has left on the bottom of the river on Friday near Oxbow Park north of Durango
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br>Melissa Lopez asks a question during an Environmental Protection Agency public meeting involving state and local governments on Friday at the La Plata County Administration Building in Durango.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br>0The Animas River that has been the life blood of Durango flows through town on Friday afternoon carrying a toxic sludge of minerals the spilled form the Gold King Mine near Silverton.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald Mike Black, a longtime boatman, takes notes during public meeting that Environmental Protection Agency and local government officials held Friday at the La Plata County Administration Building in Durango.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br>Waters of the Animas River begin to recede revealing what the toxic sludge from the Gold King Mine has left on the bottom of the river on Friday near Oxbow Park north of Durango.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br>River closed signs have been put up all along the Animas River by the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office as this one at Bakers Bridge after the Gold King Mine spilled a toxic sludge into the river.
Steve Lewis/Durango Herald <br>Stephanie Schuler, front, and Steve McClung, middle, of Colorado Parks & Wildlife, and Mike Japhet, a retired aquatic biologist with CP&W, check fish cages on Friday afternoon on the Animas River. At that time, CP&W spokesman Joe Lewandowski said of 108 Rainbow Trout fingerlings in cages placed in three seperate areas in the river, only one had died so far.
Steve Lewis/Durango Herald<br>Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Joe Lewandowski said CP&W is checking fish cages in three different locations on the Animas River several times a day.
