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Revolution-era New York mine could produce hydro power

Andrew Topf | December 18, 2016 | 4:45 pm Iron Ore 

Flooding a mine is a closure strategy that mining companies often use as part of a rehabilitation plan usually decided at the beginning of a mine's operating life. Once the tunnels are flooded, the mine and its workings become submerged, not...

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