Sun, Nov 22 2009
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Former mine pit swallowing more fill than estimated The agency is working up a cost estimate for the additional fill for the pit.
Despite icy and rainy weather, Snyder Construction crews are ahead of schedule and could be finished in a month or so. A miners’ ditch that was constructed through the mining field is now elevated because of the excavation that has taken place on both sides of it. The project will rechannel the creek to a point west of its existing location. When that is finished, workers will remove contaminated sediment from the ditch and place it in a mine opening. “The miners’ ditch is like we have excavated a Roman aqueduct,” Doolan said. “The creek is higher than the surrounding land.’’ The water flow in the ditch will be recreated as a natural stream by the Missouri Department of Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It will meander with deep pools and ripples. It will not be a rip-rapped ditch. “It’s an old miners’ ditch that will be turned into a natural creek with willows and creek-side vegetation,’’ Doolan said. “We want to re-establish it with fish and wildlife.’’ The EPA, in this first phase, plans to restore 75 acres on the west side of the city. Eventually, more than 300 acres between Webb City and Carterville will be reclaimed. The contract calls for Snyder to dig up mine wastes and contaminated soil and place the materials in mine pits. The waste comes from a variety of lead mining, milling and smelting operations, some dating back to the 1800s. The wastes have contaminated groundwater, surface water and surface soil with cadmium, lead and zinc. The EPA has installed six monitoring wells around the pits that are being filled at Carterville. When the second phase, which will be closer to Webb City, starts next year, the EPA will drill 12 monitoring wells. “We are monitoring to make sure we are not having a groundwater problem,” Doolan said. “If we do have a problem, we will cease and desist, and do something else with the chat.” The site will be cleaned up to a standard that will allow mostly unrestricted development in the future. Carterville Mayor Dale Davenport said, “It’s changed everything about the way it looks. You can actually see the contour of the land, now. Once they get it all done, it’s really going to look nice.’’ Long-term project 
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