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Orange water was flowing from a century-old gold mine in Utah. Hereâs who paid to clean it up.
The drainage evoked Gold King Mine Spill of 2015.
(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) In December 2020, a bat gate and concrete settling dam were installed at the entrance to the Marvin Tunnel gold mine by the U.S. Forest Service to protect Blanding s water supply. April 26, 2021.
  | May 5, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
Blanding ⢠In August, along a graded dirt road high in the Abajo Mountains of southeastern Utah, campers and hikers spotted a small stream of bright orange-red water.
It was flowing from a 100-year-old gold mine shaft known as the Marvin Tunnel toward the creek that supplies the city of Blanding, home to 3,500 people, with its municipal water.
Gold mine leads to thousands of dollars in clean-up costs
Zac Podmore/Salt Lake Tribune
The U.S. Forest Service dammed the Marvin Tunnel gold mine entrance to prevent damage to Blanding s water supply.
By: The Salt Lake Tribune
Posted at 2:17 PM, May 05, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-05 16:44:27-04
BLANDING, Utah â Owning a gold mine doesn t always make a person rich; in fact, water draining out of it can potentially harm nearby drinking water and cost the thousands of dollars to remedy, according to a report from the Salt Lake Tribune.
That s the lesson Charles Pipkin of Goshen, Utah learned when he reopened a 100 year-old gold mine shaft known as the Marvin Tunnel that his great-grandfather had mined in the early 1900 s.