A copper plant. One of the early treatment methods. A concrete trough was was filled with metal and then as the mine drainage flowed over it the mine drainage precipitated onto the metal.

Image ID: r00imm29, NOAA's Restoration Center Collection
Location: Redding, Shasta County, California
Photo Date: April 1979
Credit: NOAA Restoration Center & Damage Assessment and Restoration Program

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