Inspectors painted an alarming picture of
what they found at the two small buildings, which sit across Grand
Avenue to the north from the Western Excelsior aspen mill.
They
showed pictures of a series of machines that use mercury to separate
tiny gold particles from rock mined at Red Arrow’s mine about 10 miles
northeast of Mancos.
The
mercury-gold mixture was heated to separate the gold and attempt to
recycle the mercury through a scrubber. A galvanized steel washtub was
flipped upside down and used as a hood to catch mercury near the
scrubber.
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