The visible remnants of Holden Village’s mining days in Washington State’s Cascade Mountains loom above the tiny picturesque Holden Village to the bottom left.
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Anna King
Lake Chelan, Wash., at dawn. It’s about a three hour boat ride up the long snake-of-a-lake to reach the remote Holden Village.
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Anna King
All materials and equipment for the mine remediation project near Holden Village has to be barged three hours up Lake Chelan in Washington State.
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Anna King
A view of Holden Village, Wash., from the waste piles high above the town near the mine on Copper Mountain
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Anna King
Convoys of trucks now roll through the remote Lutheran retreat center of Holden Village, Wash., where once only convoys of deer tread.
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Anna King
Railroad Creek’s rocky channel has been stained a rust orange from the heavy metals seeping from old mine waste near Copper Mountain in Washington State.