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, <br /> F <br /> I <br /> � L <br /> Z <br /> Fish could stage a comeback at SilV`e`erto`h <br /> Sunnyside Gold Corp. and silver fields north of the historic pristine to tourists who see it from close the mine.The Gqm any want- <br /> town. The agreement announced the Durango-Silverton Narrow ed to seal the-.mine. ` a plug. <br /> promises to remove Thursday settles a 1994 lawsuit Gauge Railroad. But fish can't live Health-officials,-f F ter that <br /> tailings that foul water between the company and the Col- in the water for about a dozen miles now flows out of the;Mine would <br /> orado Department of Public Health below Silverton because of zinc back up behind the plug"and reap- s <br /> By Bersgr Morson and Environment. from several old mines,Holm said. pear as springs on the moun- <br /> 1 J. David Hold,the health depart- Silverton draws its drinking wa- tainside: ; ,�;.,:r,: <br /> Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer ment's director of water quality, ter above the mines. Under the agreement, the com- <br /> Fish could be restored-to part of said state and local groups will work Sunnyside, owned by the Echo pany will plug the Sunnyside mine <br /> the Animas River under an agree- to return fish to the river below Sil- Bay Co.of Denver,halted mining in and move tailings at seven other <br /> ment with a mining company to verton once the work is completed 1991 when mineral deposits played mines, owned by other firms- and <br /> clean up seven sites above Silver- in about two years. out. individuals,that pollute the Animas <br /> ton. The work will cost up to$10 mil- But until the agreement, the and its tributaries. The result will <br /> The Sunnyside Gold Corp. will lion. company and the health depart- be water quality high enough,to ; <br /> move mine tailings from the gold Water in the Animas appears ment disagreed over how to safely support fish,officials said. <br /> L` <br /> I <br /> CO <br /> In <br /> - m� <br />