The Gold King Mine disaster, one year (and one gigantic lawsuit) later.
It has been a little over one year since a contractor working for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) caused an adit breach at the Gold King Mine, situated in the high mountains that spire above the historic mining town of Silverton, Colorado. The entire region, known for its prolific mountainside mining activity in the late 1800's, felt the impact of this monumental remediation mishap, spewing millions of gallons of contaminated mine tailings into waterways that spanne
