tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post7626369403137463058..comments2024-01-22T05:55:55.374-07:00Comments on EcoRover: Yankee Doodle Tailings Pond: Another Mine Waste Site near ButteEcoRoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294159049375690786noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-5228343567919424522022-08-07T19:14:50.276-06:002022-08-07T19:14:50.276-06:00ATM road now marked NO TRESSPASSING bur there'...ATM road now marked NO TRESSPASSING bur there's a bit if a view at POORMAN'S ROAD which is prob someone's driveway Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-72395241992963372892009-12-09T11:32:35.556-07:002009-12-09T11:32:35.556-07:00Anonymous, there is a large submarine in the botto...Anonymous, there is a large submarine in the bottom of the Pit. When it gets cold, they fill it with charcoal and fire it up to keep the water from freezing. Seriously, though, I have no idea what you are talking about.EcoRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294159049375690786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-72540559415716649292009-12-09T01:05:27.794-07:002009-12-09T01:05:27.794-07:00Well what if the pit freezes? you know how a pop e...Well what if the pit freezes? you know how a pop explodes if it freezes what would the pit with all the metals do they keep it from freezing beecause ive never heard of them freezing? and recently its been about 25 below every morning so does it freeze the tailings pond or the pit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-70237311555376297982009-12-04T15:46:17.593-07:002009-12-04T15:46:17.593-07:00Hi Carlos, the information you seek is not availab...Hi Carlos, the information you seek is not available to the general public. You need to contact the mine owner/operator, Montana Resources (a Dennis Washington corporation).EcoRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294159049375690786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-88050706693308285172009-12-04T12:14:49.772-07:002009-12-04T12:14:49.772-07:00I would like to know some dates or measures about ...I would like to know some dates or measures about the slurry waste pumping system in this mine...<br />e.g.<br />The pumping line long, diameter and kind of material.<br />the pumping high.<br />The kind and power of the pumps.<br /><br />I will appreciate to somebody.<br /><br />Carlos JavierAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-66158963093708362352008-12-22T16:15:00.000-07:002008-12-22T16:15:00.000-07:00Supposedly, the Berkeley Pit would absorb the floo...Supposedly, the Berkeley Pit would absorb the flood if the Yankee Doodle Tailings Pond dam were to fail.<BR/><BR/>I have no idea if that is true, but the PitWatch group, Butte government, and EPA are all on record to that effect. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I'm glad I live in Walkerville and not in some "flats" neighborhood below the Pit!EcoRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294159049375690786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-66719316142623050592008-12-22T09:37:00.000-07:002008-12-22T09:37:00.000-07:00considering the fact that these tailings dams fail...considering the fact that these tailings dams fail on a regular basis, not just due to seismic activity but also due to saturation, I am wondering if the city has any emergency protocols in place in the event of a failure. I am a resident of butte and have never heard of any emergency plan. That worries me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-57899457412542441772008-06-25T13:16:00.000-06:002008-06-25T13:16:00.000-06:00Thought you would like to know that the current BS...Thought you would like to know that the current BSB administration (Babb) is passing the Silver Lake electrical charges onto the Butte-Silver Bow drinking water rate payers. Silver LAke water is used in their mining process. Like Dennis Washington can't afford it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-27001136314635130482008-05-27T10:31:00.000-06:002008-05-27T10:31:00.000-06:00According to EPA/MT DNRC sponsored seismic stabili...According to EPA/MT DNRC sponsored seismic stability evaluations on the Yankee Doodle Tailings Pond (International Engineering, Inc; 1981 and Harding Lawson Associates, 1993) the dam is "safe." The Superfund Record of Decision (i.e. "remedy") for the Butte Mine Flooding Operable Unit requires dam monitoring (OU 03, 09/29/1994).<BR/><BR/>This said, the HLA evaluation stated, "Liquefaction is predicted to occur in the top 50 feet of the dam after an earthquake equivalent to 6.5 magnitude." This would make a big splash in the Berkeley Pit.<BR/><BR/>The faults in the Butte area are considered inactive.<BR/><BR/>As my seismologist friend "Quakes" puts it, "In an event much greater than 6.5, the failure of the Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam and the subsequent rush of slurry into the Berkeley Pit would probably be the least of Butte's worries, given the high proportion of masonry construction prone to failure in a seismic event."<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure this gives me much solace, but it does make me glad I live and work up on the Butte hill, and not down on the flats!EcoRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294159049375690786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28284097.post-35093547101166175582008-05-25T16:29:00.000-06:002008-05-25T16:29:00.000-06:00I'd like to know what kind of risk Butte faces sho...I'd like to know what kind of risk Butte faces should Yankee Doodle liquify in a major earthquake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com