There's still a lot of zinc load coming out. But there's nothing easy left to do. Woodling, who will begin taking new samples of the fish population in the area this week, says it appears to be recovering well. Zinc levels from the mine increased last year, he adds, and that may have hindered fish population growth for a season. However, this spring's expected low run-off might have the opposite effect.
Citizens are part of the issue.
It's their valley. They should take an interest. Viacom still on the hook Also attending the meeting will be Jeff Groy, a Salt Lake City-based representative of the Viacom corporation, the former owner of the mine. Various related projects include the construction of a water treatment plant and the Consolidated Tailings Pile, both just south of Minturn, as well as drilling a well at the nearby Liberty mine claim, which has diverted huge amounts of water away from the Gilman mine and into Willow Creek, thus avoiding contamination. There's still a lot of water in the mine.