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The King mine has a history of decades of pollution according to various newspapers from Colorado:

EPA was trying to fix a decade old problem but goofed in the procedure of stopping a already leaking mine and earthen barrier.

First, there were the tailings dumped in the river, then the billions of gallons of acid mine drainage that have poured from mine adits into streams and, ultimately, into the Animas over the decades. Even after it left the region, the industry continues its abuse: Before the Gold King mine blew 3 million gallons of orange spooge into the watershed this month, it had been discharging similarly tainted water at a rate of 50 to 250 gallons per minute, or more than 100 million gallons per year, into Cement Creek.

From: PolyMet regulators need a second opinion on water flow

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