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SAN JUAN TRIANGLE RECLAMATION PAST ISSUES & DESTRUCTION |
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SanJuanTriangle.org
supports Silverton, EPA, BLM, USFS in efforts to do proper
reclamation saving San Juan Triangle historic mining museum.
NOTE - New issues
being worked, historical sites returned to before reclamation..
The San
Juan Triangle is being quietly destroyed by reclamation failures
although there has been some improvement. SanJuanTriangle.org data is
available to institutions to assist in proper reclamation. Multiple historic
sites are bulldozed, and trenched, piped to remove water which may or
may not exist. The actions by reclamation destroy multiple
significant historic sites, destroy
historic artifacts, and
cause severe danger to the
public.
Reclamation heavy equipment
construction leaves site damage, does not return site to historical site,
causes irreplaceable building site and artifact damage and destroys
historical sites with and without mine water. Photo indication shows no
water interaction from mine site to near water on some damaged sites.
Sites with 100+ HQ below mine, where are results? SJTP has been unable
to get info/photos for sites except limited Superfund public documents.
Destruction of the San
Juan Triangle historic mining museum is a loss to everyone and great
loss to Colorado and region.
Failed
reclamation is the responsibility of oversight institutions,
historical site preservation, not
responding to planning failures and activity, poor data and overall no response,
no interest in the San Juan Triangle
and allowing anything goes.
There is a
solution - Less money, safe for public, no maintenance, historic site
saved. Pipe mine water shortest way out of historic site, safe public
access graded to divert water, cover tailings only if necessary then
cover plastic with thin tailings, return site to historic as found
including tailings, shoes, glass, metal, wood. stop bulldoze and run,
We have all pre reclamation images to restore to before bulldoze. We can predict the next sites to be affected by reclamation.
There are issues regarding the condition of the site prior to
reclamation and issues with local and mine water.
Plenty of your money
$$, your destruction of historical
sites, your danger to the public, reclamation failures.
BLM has
refused any improvements in the San Juan Triangle like additional
toilets. Chipmunks don't need toilets. The San Juan Triangle badly needs
adequate toilets at Eureka, Gladstone, Cunningham Gulch, also road improvements,
site identity and historic signs, Instead reclamation will bulldoze
the historical mining outdoor museum. Improvements benefit
everyone.
Reclamation
refuses to allow private property owners to move, destroy, or sell
historical artifacts on private property, but reclamation can move or destroy
same buildings or artifacts by not recording historical significance,
historical artifacts and in the name of public safety. Clearly photos
of reclamation piling up and destroying artifacts.
SJTP site
code is San Juan Triangle Project, (or San Juan Triangle Plus map) data base, photos,
sanjuantriangle.org
We now know by location and photos every site in the San Juan Triangle
to prevent further destruction by reclamation.
This page
is not an approval, accuracy or support by advertisers or website
distribution, is produced for
information only by SanJuanTriangle.org. We support EPA for clean water
and preserve historical sites.,
SAN JUAN RECLAMATION TRIANGLE
Currently Henrietta
level 7, SJTP 90962. No one there,
nothing to see, road washed out, OK because
historical mining has been deleted by RECLAMATION. Only
chipmunks and pikas enjoy the rocks and grass. This is
the RECLAMATION version of the San Juan Triangle. 1900
mining destroyed the land and RECLAMATION is returning it to the
chipmunks. Your $$
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HOOSIER CITY TUNNEL SITE SJTP 70175
Bulldozed. Building and artifacts
left damaged. Road converted to ditch. No safe place to
walk. Notice the BLM historic sign and the damaged
building. Another
eyesore on San Juan Triangle. A danger to the public on
the open trench with plastic and rocks. Another high $$
of public money on a trench that will decay, leak,
require maintenance. Difficult to walk on site with
damaged historic value. Historical oversight
protection did nothing, unlikely to know of the site..
Water should have been diverted south
and east away from historical site and public with pipe
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MAYDAY MINE SITE SJTP 47500
Bulldozed. Notice the
equipment left behind. Another eyesore on San Juan
Triangle. A danger to the public on the open trench with
rocks. Another high $$ of public money on a trench that
will decay, leak, require maintenance. Difficult to walk
on site with damaged historic value. Notice trench for possible
water from woods above. All dry no water and no
indication of water.
Historical oversight protection did nothing, site
location unknown.. |
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ANIMAS FORKS HOUSE SJTP 31509
Very poor construction. Roof
collapsing is risk to all public. BLM notified in 2023
and many times in 2024 including Gunnison and archeology
but did nothing. House is center of Animas Forks. May
have been unauthorized construction in past but is
verified the property of BLM. Rather than fix the roof
support BLM ignores until it falls down or destruction
and claims public safety.. BLM has no interest in Animas
Forks. Historical oversight protection does
nothing.. |
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MINING SITES FULLY OR PARTIALY DELETED BY RECLAMATION
LARK
SITE SJTP 93171,
ANGLO SAXON MINE SITE SJTP 58470, HOOSIER
CITY TUNNEL SITE SJTP 70175M, MAYDAY
MINE SITE SJTP 47500. MIDWAY MINING SITE SJTP 90092,
MOGUL MINE SITE SJTP 09912, RED
& BONITA MINE SITE SJTP 97385,
HENRIETTA #7 SJTP 90962, COLUMBUS MINE SITE SJTP
31227, MAMMOTH MINE SITE SJTP 78827, GOLD KING
MINE SITE SJTP 94602 |
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COLUMBUS MINE SITE SJTP 31227
Site north of Animus Forks serious
RECLAMATION damage. RECLAMATION bulldozed with ditches, difficult to
walk to site, no concern for historical site or public
access. May be a danger to the public for access and
walking in ditches and water... |
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RED CLOUD MINES SJTP 45481
A new site for RECLAMATION possible destruction.
Not yet started but expect another delete of mining
history. Site very well photo detail documented,
artifacts, tailings, water above, on, below, over,
over 100 pre reclamation images, not to
allow another RECLAMATION delete.. No mine water only spring
runoff. Runoff can be diverted away from tailings and
road repaired for public access and water diversion. No
sign of regular contaminated water. No cover of tailings
needed with runoff water diverted. Historical damage
should be returned to Aug.1, 2024. Your $$
money. Update Sept 6, 2024 no
problems found. New info, work to
fix runoff on road, divert runoff away from tailings, no
destruction of historical and artifacts, marked as no
go. Currently classed as proper reclamation |
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VERMILLION MILL SITE SJTP 33975
New information that all
historical artifacts have been cataloged and the site
photographed before reclamation. Contaminated soil will
be removed and buried off of the historical site in an
environment safe location. The artifacts will then be put back on
their original location and the site returned to pre
reclamation as much as is reasonable possible so the
site looks as historical as nature intended. Ground
south is marsh to West Fork Animas.
Currently classed as proper reclamation.
SuperFund 100002640 has only limited info on mine, not
mill. |
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SAN JUAN TRIANGLE EYESORES AND DAMAGE
Compliments of RECLAMATION, .Chipmunks
approved. |
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MOGUL MINE SITE SJTP 09912
Bulldozed. Artifacts left damaged.
Was BLM buildings, air pipes, equipment to enter
mine. Unknown damage to historical site. |
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RED
& BONITA MINE SITE SJTP 97385
Bulldozed some damage to
historical site. Unknown how the site looked before
reclamation.
Clearly the site has been damaged by reclamation with artifacts
damage unknown. Some underground piping ok but the
site clearly not returned to historical mining. .
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SUNNYSIDE/LAKE EMMA DRILLING SITE SJTP 03138
Site closed to the public now two
years. How long will this last. Claimed complete by July
2024. Now drilling continues. Your
$$ money. |
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VERMILLION MINE & MILL SITE SJTP 33975
Site has little damage. Unknown if
site had more artifacts before ditch to direct water. |
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PROPER RECLAMATION
Proper reclamation not on
historical site but related to overburden from mine SJTP
46556 and slid ground cover returning site to natural look
and wetlands repair... |
Proper water divert
above historical site. No damage to historical site,
SJTP 91793
Possible proper piping of mine water
away from tailings, shortest route to non historical
stream. We are watching for cover up of original
historical ground however claimed that a pipe would plug
up and be unusable. The tailings material was
replaced to look historical. .. SJTP 32868.
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We are
reviewing other sites for historical damage and watching
for new sites to be affected by reclamation. Reviewing 32878,
61264, 31509, 14110, 94602, 45481, 32868 |
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EMAIL for ISSUES
troy 63 gage at durangolumber.com
sanjuantriangle.org not responsible for errors,
please contact |
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