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EPA to Remove Lead, Arsenic and Iron Contamination from Donner Mine Camp

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The site of an abandoned mine in California will have an emergency removal of lead, ordered by the EPA. 
 
Testing has revealed hazardous levels of lead, arsenic and iron in the soil and dust around the Assay Building of the Zeibright Mine which houses a mining museum frequently visited by both adults and children. The site, in Nevada County CA, is on a popular campground known as Donner Mine Camp. 
 

U.S. EPA orders Newmont, Donner Mine Camp Inc. to remove soil at Zeibright Mine

US EPA - 6/30/2006 12:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered Newmont USA Limited and Donner Mine Camp Inc. to conduct an emergency removal of lead at the abandoned Zeibright Mine in Nevada County, Calif.
 
Contaminated soil and dust must be removed in and around the Assay Building which is on the Donner Mine Camp Inc. area of the property. The Assay Building has been used as a mining museum accessible by both adults and children attending the camp. In addition, children may be exposed to soils surrounding the Assay Building.
 
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