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Mine Tailings

USA / Colorado / Telluride /
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Finely ground rock remaining after all the Gold, Silver, copper, lead, and zinc were removed from the poly-metallic ore. For years the City of Telluride would dump its trash here and the Idarado mining Company would bury it under a sterile layer of tailings. Win-win.
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Coordinates:   37°55'59"N   107°47'50"W
This article was last modified 16 years ago