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The need to store and manage mine tailings — the waste created by grinding up and processing ore — is modern mining’s greatest environmental liability and long-term expense.
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The need to store and manage mine tailings — the waste created by grinding up and processing ore — is modern mining’s greatest environmental liability and long-term expense.
Matthew Burns, 47, and his 21-year-old son were visiting Lake Clark National Park and Preserve when the two were wading in the water at the base of the Tanalian Waterfall around 2:15 Saturday, the Alaska State Troopers said in a news release.
A Keokuk man has drowned while on vacation in Alaska, while attempting to save his son.
Matthew Burns of, Keokuk, Iowa, was swimming below the Tanalian Falls with his son when his son was caught by a current and swept down the river.
Glaciers, volcanoes, forested coasts—these distinctive Alaskan landscapes are packed into this rarely visited reserve. Here’s what you need to know.