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Photographer: William J. Toman
Taken: August 10, 2010
Caption: Related Marker: Homestake and the Environment
Additional Description: Text: Mining and associated processing activities, by their nature, involve disturbance and use of land and resources.

Homestake is committed to conducting activities in an environmentally sound manner, minimizing impacts to the environment through innovative facility design, mitigation practices, and the implementation of proven environmental control procedures. Sound environmental practices allow Homestake to produce a mineral which is essential to the existence of modern and productive society.

An example of Homestake's commitment to the environment is demonstrated at the wastewater treatment plant. Here, a biological process, designed by Homestake scientists, is used to treat mine process water. The water is treated to meet or exceed all state and federal water quality standards and is discharged into Gold Run Creek. The creek is a viable cold water fishery.
Submitted: August 22, 2010, by William J. Toman of Green Lake, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p123841
File Size: 0.864 Megabytes

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