drainage from underground mines

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• Heath Steele Mines, New Brunswick — Heath Steele Mines, situated 60 km northwest of Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada, at the headwaters of the Tomogonops and Little Rivers, was a large and productive copper, lead and zinc mine which operated from 1956 to 1999. The mine was an… …   Wikipedia

• Cave Dale — (sometimes spelt Cavedale) is a dry limestone valley in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. It is located at grid reference gbm4ibx|SK149824. The northern end of the dale starts at the village of Castleton where the valley sides are almost… …   Wikipedia

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