Save Tangle Lakes!
Enjoy It Now, Protect It For the Future!Large Mines
Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks, owned by Kinross Gold (Canadian)
Mining today is a massive industry. Most major mines in Alaska are owned by foreign corporations.
© Sandy Lonsdale
Riddle Ridge Nickel Mine, Oregon
Depending on the distribution of ore, a mine near Tangle Lakes could be open pit or …
Pogo Underground Mine near Delta, Alaska
… underground. Even underground mines can have large “footprints.”
© Jim Kuipers
Tyrone Copper Mine, New Mexico
Open pit mines (strip mines) remove the natural features of the land.
Photo courtesy Earthworks
Bingham Canyon Waste Rock: 7 miles long, 1000 feet high
Both open pit and underground mines have waste rock dumps …
© cNorthern Plains Resource Council
Processing Mill, Stillwater Underground Platinum Mine, MT
… mill complexes …
Tailings Pond and Dam, Fort Knox Mine near Fairbanks
… and tailing stacks and ponds.
11-Mile Haul Road between True North and Fort Knox, Fairbanks
Transmission lines and access roads extend a mine’s footprint.
Photo courtesy NAEC
Hauling ore from Red Dog Mine, Northwest Alaska
Health concerns include toxic dust escaping from ore trucks.
Photo courtesy Earthworks
Zortman-Landusky Mine, Montana
Drainage from mines can contain toxic substances, some of which, like this, must be treated forever.
Contents from a tailings pond is pictured going down the Hazeltine Creek into Quesnel Lake near the town of Likely, B.C. on August 5, 2014.
CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward