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June 10, 2025
Cycling
DO NOT DRINK this water, It is from an acid mine and the red-orange color comes from iron and rust.
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Road cycling
THE WATERFALL
Demonstrating acid mnine drainage
The water here is acid and iron-rich, coming up to the surface from
underground mines, stairung the-rocks ruspred. Acid mine drainage (AMID) is
a major source of water pollution. Cause of extensive stream environmental damage.
The Ocean Coal Company, a subsidiaries of Bevind- White Coal Company
Philadelphia, PA, esaiblished several mines in this region including, in 1900,
Ocean No. 2. It is purported that drainage from ocean No. 2 is the chief cause
of the Red Waterfall
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