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UuuYY <br />Crested Butte Study Area <br />— i-/ \ <br />j�I <br />Samples were collected April through September of 1968. Because <br />of snow accumulation and high run -off during the winter and spring <br />months, the area is generally inaccessible to project personnel. <br />An examination of the data (Tables 52 through 55) indicate that <br />toxic wastes introduced into Coal Creek by the facilities of Standard <br />Mining Company are deleterious to bottom fauna in Coal Creek. Seem- <br />ingly, effluents introduced by facilities of the Standard Mining <br />Company are responsible for the deterioration of water quality in <br />Coal Creek which is a tributary of the second order of the Gunnison <br />River. <br />Recommendations <br />1. A copy of the data for this area should be sent to the Colorado <br />Water Pollution Control Commission. <br />2. Because of the general inaccessability of the area, it should <br />be dropped from the project pending action taken by the <br />Colorado Water Pollution Control Commission. <br />ABSTRACT <br />This report covers the results of studies on the pollution effect <br />on selected Colorado streams and . rivers caused by effluents of the min- <br />ing and milling industry. <br />-53- <br />