I was working that day when the Heap Leach collapsed. Myself and a huge number of my colleagues were given temporary lay offs. The contractors were told be ready to leave site by the 25th of June.
Victoria Gold may not have any money but they have... A gold mine! As for cyanide... Isn't the mine like 50 miles north of Mayo? With a watershed that drains downstream of Mayo, not upstream? Has anyone even looked at a map?
But the Haggart Creek and the McQuestin River is our pantry and our backyard... Haggart Creek is full of placer claims from Dublin Gulch to McQuestin so there's no natural filter barrier to slow the progression of cyninde to McQuestin Stewart or Yukon Rivers. Yes Mayo is upstream Dawson city and Fairbanks AK are definitely downstream.
@@selkirk4life Nothing is going to happen to the Stewart River or Mayo Lake or Janet Lake or Ethel Lake... I get that people are not happy about the accident. They shouldn't be. Esp. if it is true that recommendations were made that were not followed, by Victoria Gold. But it is no reason to shut down the mine, it is just a reason to make sure the same mistake is NEVER repeated.
@@023achilles what!!! do you know the geography of the land there?? Mayo Lake and Ethel Lake are in the Stewart Watershed but upriver from Haggart Creek.. obviously common sense states those are safe.. as a full time resident of the area I'm concerned about potentially contamination of the Lower McQuestin and mid Stewart river where we harvest some of our food from.. Faro mine released mercury into the Pelly River in the 80s which limits us from eating certain harvested items to this day.. don't piss on my ear and tell me it's raining we've been through song and dance before.. we just want honesty before we can't contain it any longer
Fairly easy to determine if Mayo water would be affected just by looking at the watershed boundaries and river systems. The landslide affects McQuesten River. Mayo gets their water from the Stewart River is 50 km south of the mine. The McQuesten River joins the Stewart River, but it is downstream of Mayo by like 100km. No effect to Mayo
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I was working that day when the Heap Leach collapsed. Myself and a huge number of my colleagues were given temporary lay offs. The contractors were told be ready to leave site by the 25th of June.
Victoria Gold: "It either kills you or it doesn't" 😯😹
As a holder of both Victoria Gold and Goviex, I have ro wonder what else will happen this month......
Probably safer than our city water
Victoria Gold may not have any money but they have... A gold mine!
As for cyanide... Isn't the mine like 50 miles north of Mayo? With a watershed that drains downstream of Mayo, not upstream? Has anyone even looked at a map?
But the Haggart Creek and the McQuestin River is our pantry and our backyard... Haggart Creek is full of placer claims from Dublin Gulch to McQuestin so there's no natural filter barrier to slow the progression of cyninde to McQuestin Stewart or Yukon Rivers. Yes Mayo is upstream Dawson city and Fairbanks AK are definitely downstream.
@@selkirk4life Nothing is going to happen to the Stewart River or Mayo Lake or Janet Lake or Ethel Lake... I get that people are not happy about the accident. They shouldn't be. Esp. if it is true that recommendations were made that were not followed, by Victoria Gold.
But it is no reason to shut down the mine, it is just a reason to make sure the same mistake is NEVER repeated.
@@023achilles what!!! do you know the geography of the land there?? Mayo Lake and Ethel Lake are in the Stewart Watershed but upriver from Haggart Creek.. obviously common sense states those are safe.. as a full time resident of the area I'm concerned about potentially contamination of the Lower McQuestin and mid Stewart river where we harvest some of our food from.. Faro mine released mercury into the Pelly River in the 80s which limits us from eating certain harvested items to this day.. don't piss on my ear and tell me it's raining we've been through song and dance before.. we just want honesty before we can't contain it any longer
Fairly easy to determine if Mayo water would be affected just by looking at the watershed boundaries and river systems.
The landslide affects McQuesten River.
Mayo gets their water from the Stewart River is 50 km south of the mine.
The McQuesten River joins the Stewart River, but it is downstream of Mayo by like 100km.
No effect to Mayo
Mayo is in a different watershed. I believe NND approved this mine. The mine was also marginal and is failing to meet its obligations