Gold King put a spotlight on mine pollution in Colorado. Ten years later, locals are still waiting for a solution.

Gold King put a spotlight on mine pollution in Colorado. Ten years later, locals are still waiting for a solution.

SILVERTON On a cloudy day in late July, Anthony Edwards looked out at where Cement Creek meets the Animas River in Silverton, a town in southwestern Colorado. Nearly 10 years prior, he stood in the same spot watching as millions of gallons of acid mine drainage gushed past, turning the water a sickly yellow-orange. “We all knew that this was going to change everything,” recalled Edwards, who was San Juan County’s spokesperson during the spill. O…