A bulk- head has been installed in the Red Bonita Mine to stop the acidic water from leaving the mine and the Gold King Mine water flows to a treatment plant before being discharged to Cement Creek that empties in to the Animas River.
Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator, talks about the Red Bonita Mine at the entrance to the mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator, inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Head lamps are used when entering the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The entrance inside of the Red Bonita Mine is covered in concrete on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator, inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator, inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator, inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator, inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator, walks past a mine shaft that connects inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The bulk-head inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Some of the equipment that monitors the bulk-head inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The bulk-head inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator, describes some of the equipment that monitors the bulk-head inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator, stands at the bulk-head inside of the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Looking from the Red Bonita Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Gold King Mine Water Treatment Facility on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Gold King Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The scares are still visible on Wednesday after water gushed out of the Gold King Mine five years ago flowing down the hillside before entering Cement Creek north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Water from the Gold King Mine flows from the mine before the treatment plant on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
An avalanche in 2019 moved the pipes that carry water from the Gold King Mine to the treatment plant north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Water from the Gold King Mine is collected from the mine and then sent to the treatment plant on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Gold King Mine on Wednesday north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The scares are still visible on Wednesday after water gushed out of the Gold King Mine five years ago flowing down the hillside before entering Cement Creek north of Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
