Abandoned Mines in Oregon

AMD. Abondoned mine drainage has proven to be quite a problem. This is a creek that flows away from a coal mine in Pennsylvania:

Above picture part of a film, Hope For Polluted Rivers



Above, a copper mine superfund site.

More on abandoned mine pollution


Famous story of Geese landing in the Berkely Pit Mine in Montana and the carcass and fungal remains producing biocontainment organisms. Kinda cool, kinda terribly sad for the geese.