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Tailings filling the High Ore Creek valley, Boulder River watershed southwestern Montana in 1997. The creek eroded a channel through the tailings, washing them down to the Boulder River and enriching the water with metals.
Tailings filling the High Ore Creek valley, Boulder River watershed southwestern Montana in 1997. The creek eroded a channel through the tailings, washing them down to the Boulder River and enriching the water with metals.

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