River of lost souls : the science, politics, and greed behind the Gold King Mine disaster

Thompson, Jonathan P. (Journalist) (author.).

Summary: In 2015, a flood of thick yellow sludge from a long-abandoned mine in Silverton, Colorado, made headlines as it flowed down the Animas River towards the Navajo Nation and the mighty Colorado River. Perhaps the most charismatic environmental disaster of our time, the Gold King Mine spill illustrates the devastating potential waiting in hundreds of abandoned mines throughout the Rocky Mountains. With disarming storytelling, award-winning journalist Jonathan P. Thompson unearths a litany of impacts wrought by a century and a half of mining, energy development, and fracking in southwestern Colorado. Amid these harsh realities, Thompson explores how a new generation is setting out to make amends.

Item details

ISBN: 9781937226831
ISBN: 1937226832
Physical Description: print
312 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First Torrey House Press Edition, March 2018.
Publisher: Salt Lake City : Torrey House Press, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-312).

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1: Headwaters. Blowout ; Holy land ; Awful in their sublimity ; Dandelion brew ; Olaf and the Gold King ; Perfect poison ; Slime wars I ; Vertical integration ; Hard rain's gonna fall ; The blackest week ; Slime wars II ; Strike -- Part II: Fossils. Moving mountain ; "This can't be the United States" ; Hot spot ; Radiate as directed -- Part III: We're all downstreamers. Black decade ; Project Skywater ; Lake Emma ; The fish question ; Mine down ; Lost soul, found soul ; Mine pool ; Fractures, faults, and leaks ; Goldfields ; Aftermath ; Sacrifice ; Redemption.