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~®I~11f)~~'~~~''1['~l~'Ifl~lElEg BB,Il?~?~'7 ~~' a1Lz ~ ~! ,sal I~;? Ji'~ (~`: ('t ~~'~~ ~, Vot.97,No.185 ~~~~~~~ ~i~l~Il~n t~~® ~®~~t~~ ~.®~~~~' 25cenrs . ..--s --' ~Qa~ ~~~ ~~~Q ~~~IlIlo~Q~ a~ C~oIlo~o BY JANE HlJl1~ Staffwrtier A storage pond for runoff water a[ the Colowyo mine south of Craig ian over-capacity water across a highway for almost 12 hours Friday: It left a fine cover of slick mud, but did not damage the roadway. The pond, the second most southern one at the mine, was built to handle "storm events," according to Kim Wolf, an envi-. romental engineer at the mine. "And this was a storm event;' she said. "The pond just north of here is not even full, but this one got it last night," she said Friday morning. It rained almost all of the night Sept 18 and the following morning. The pond is just west of Colorado Highway 13 at the bo[- . tom of a draw. A large spillway a[ the southeast corner of the pond takes water fo two overflow pipes under the highway to the creek to the east. `"I'he pipes were clogged from silt and debris from all the rain [his summer,': Wolf said, "and the pond began [o overflow across the highway last nigh[ with all the rain." Crews from the mine, Colorado Department of Highway employees "and the state patrol worked to unclog the pipes and clean up the highway Friday. No accidents resulted from the water, and. i[ contained. no enviromentally dangerous chem- icals. "Strictly mnnff." Wnlf cam Press photo M Jane Hume Heavily silted ovefiow water (rnm a storage pond at Colowyo mine south of Craig spills down a chute on the west side o(Colorado Highway 13 Friday rooming while mine employees and CDOT crews check [he water level and try to find where overflow pipes are clogged.