<p>Ponds that were once used for tailings when the Silver Crescent Mine was operational were depleted of all aquatic life and vegetation due to the contamination. The ponds are now teeming with frogs, salamanders and vegetation.</p>
September 13, 2010
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September 13, 2010 9 p.m.
Cleaning up the basin
EPA tour shows what cleanup activities can achieve, as well as what more there is to be done in the Silver Valley
Harry Sommers remembers well what the East Fork of Moon Creek looked like a decade ago.