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, - <br /> k to � � ��� � � ,�•I � <br /> y <br /> +lot <br /> r + D <br /> vict&k Pass <br /> VA, 10 <br /> or NX <br /> fpA <br /> ar <br /> Figure 30: Vindicator Valley area from Plate 1 of Lindgren and Ransome(1906). The black rectangles indicate <br /> the locations of the Vindicator and Golden Cycle mines,the black arrows indicate the groundwater flow <br /> directions,and the blue star shows the location of the current groundwater monitoring wells. <br /> Of particular relevance to the present discussion is the fact that the Golden Cycle mine was within a few <br /> hundred feet of the Vindicator Valley monitoring wells. Figure 31 shows the Vindicator Valley monitoring <br /> wells located on the 1951 USGS 1:24000 topography. The Golden Cycle, Vindicator, and Last Dollar <br /> mines are shown, as well as a number of"tailings" piles up-gradient of the monitoring wells. The "tailings" <br /> piles were more likely mine dumps, but these would have contributed chemical load to the shallow <br /> groundwater within Vindicator Valley. It is evident from Figures 30 and 31 that the monitoring wells are <br /> located at the focal point for impacted water that originates in the headwaters of the various tributaries to <br /> Vindicator Valley. <br />