by Mark Duggan | Aug 16, 2020
Listen to the Interview http://openrangenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Bonita-Peak-Citizens-Advisory-Group.mp3 Recently, on the fifth anniversary of the Gold King Mine Spill, I produced a story about the lack of progress in Congress to clean up abandoned mines in...
by Mark Duggan | Aug 9, 2020
Listen to the Story http://openrangenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Gold-King-Mine-Spill-Anniversary.mp3 On August 5, 2015, people in the Animas and San Juan River basins woke up to find their rivers the color of mustard. A work crew had accidentally breached part...
by Mark Duggan | Sep 1, 2018
Jonathan Thompson on the 2015 Gold King Mine Spill http://openrangenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Jonathan-Thompson-on-River-of-Lost-Souls-OpenRangeNews.mp3 On August 5, 2015, the toxic secrets of the Gold King Mine high in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains...
by Mark Duggan | May 23, 2017
A photographic essay by Mark Duggan. On August 5, 2015, the toxic secrets of The Gold King Mine high in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado spilled forth when workers breached a plug containing mine wastes. Three million gallons of heavy metals-laden wastewater spilled...
by Mark Duggan | Jul 26, 2014
Tucson, Ariz. – I became interested in exploring copper mining in Arizona when I saw several photographs of the Tucson skyline from the 1940s. The images showed a smoky haze hanging in the sky, completely obscuring the view of the Santa Catalina and Rincon...
