An image of the middle section of Panther Creek.

Part of the Blackbird Mine site, the Bucktail drainage basin. This image shows contaminated waste rock and tailings.

Blackbird Mine.

Dumping materials into a large open pit at Blackbird Mine as part of the clean-up work.

The distinct blue in this image is caused by copper contamination, Bucktail Creek. Nothing lives in this environment.

The distinct blue in this image is caused by copper contamination, Bucktail Creek. Nothing lives in this environment. This image shows a collection basin used as part of the remediation. Water is shunted to a treatment plant.

Blue copper precipitate in Bucktail Creek.

Contaminated materials that were deposited and then released during a severe thunderstorm caused trees to pick up the copper and release it through their sap.

An adit or mine opening at Blackbird Mine.

Contaminated waste rock at Blackbird Mine. Note the erosion gulleys. The waste rock has been stabilized as part of the remediation.

Contaminated drainage coming out of a mine adit.

More contaminated waste rock in gulleys.

A view of Bucktail drainage basin. An open pit in the upper right hand area. Waste rock deposited throughout the basin.

West Fork Blackbird Creek, a tailing facility. The structure to the right is a spillway. Several million cubic yards contaminated tailings are behind the dam. Water is diverted into a concrete channel so it does not come into contact with the tailings.

Waste rock piles.

Bucktail Creek, a part of the remediation action. Removing contaminated sediments. The removal of the sediments took place between 1995 - 2000.

Bucktail Creek, this image was taken following a storm event and illustrates how high the deposition of sediments is.

Blackbird Creek, iron contamination shows in the stream.

The beginning of construction at one of the dams, as part of the remediation strategy.

A view of waste rock.

A view of waste rock.

The top of the West Fork Tailing Facility, looking downstream.

The top of the West Fork Tailing Facility, looking downstream. The West Fork of Blackbird Creek has been diverted over the top of the contaminated tailings as part of the remediation. Now, the creek does not flow through the tailings.

Blackbird Creek, on the left. The West Fork of Blackbird Creek coming in on the right.You can see the mine drainage from the mine. This was the condition of the site in 1994.

The West Fork of Blackbird Creek diverted into a collection pond downstream of the tailings impoundment.

A map of the Iron Mountain Mine area

Iron Mountain Mine.

Manzanita bush, Iron Mountain Mine

A view of Redding, California from Iron Mountain.

Coyote tracks at Iron Mountain Mine.

Deer tracks at Iron Mountain Mine.

Sulfide deposits at Iron Mountain Mine.

Remedial activity at Iron Mountain Mine.

A flume used to collect contaminated drainage at Iron Mountain Mine.

A mine opening, adit. Note the highly contaminated acidic mine drainage coming from the left.

Iron Mountain Mine.

Acid stream mine drainage at iron Mountain Mine.

Surface run off, waste pile at Iron Mountain Mine.

Acid run off at Iron Mountain Mine.

Remedial activity at Iron Mountain Mine included collecting and treating acid drainage from mine run off. Iron Mountain Mine was mining factory for gold, copper and zinc.

An acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment plant at Iron Mountain Mine.

An acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment plant at Iron Mountain Mine.

An acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment plant at Iron Mountain Mine, sludge containment.

A treatment plant to treat acid water at, 140 gallons per minute gpm.

Richmond Adit at Iron Mountain Mine.

Remedial activity at Iron Mountain Mine.

Richmond portal area on Iron Mountain Mine

Slickrock Creek drainage.

Iron Mountain Mine.

Iron Mountain Mine overview.