Forest Service resumes cleanup of abandoned mines near Prescott after pause

Abandoned mine cleaners load waste at Golden Idol Mine in Yavapai County’s Cherry Creek Mining District in December 2021. With funding on hand and the breeding season for spotted owls in Mexico now over, the U.S. Forest Service has reopened the abandoned mine. Prescott East Cleanup Project. (Photo credit: U.S. Forest Service) Sydney Wilsoncronkite news […]