Leviathan Mine Superfund Site presentation Aug. 22

In 1968, Leonard Anker wrote about Bryant Creek turning orange as it flowed from Leviathan Mine down into the East Fork of the Carson River.

“Nearly everyone agrees that when the Leviathan Mine was developed most of the overburden was placed in the creek channel,” Anker wrote in the Oct. 24, 1968, edition of The R-C. “Now the creek flows around this sulphurous earth at times but more often it percolates through it and emerges with a high acid content.”

Just over three decades later, work began to declare the mine located in Alpine County a Superfund Site.

The mine was an active source for copper sulfate, which was used to process silver ore in the 1860s. In the 1930s and 1950s, it was an open pit sulfur mine, which was used to process copper ore.

On Aug. 22, Lahontan Water Board Water Recource Control Engineer Hanna Bartholomew will share the history and current status of the Leviathan Mine Superfund Site in Alpine County. The online presentation is 6:30- 7:30 p.m.

To register and receive the link contact Katherine at jkw@gbis.com or call 775-267-0539.