Saving the Bay - The Aftermath of the Gold Rush: Mining and Mercury in San Francisco Bay

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14 жыл бұрын

Beginning with the Gold Rush era, the legacy of mining activity in California remains in water systems today. Hydraulic mining practices caused massive amounts of sediment and mercury to enter the vast network of streams and rivers that feed into San Francisco Bay. Mercury continues to pollute the watershed, making many fish toxic to consume.
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@davidstraight3607 9 жыл бұрын

Miners today clean Mercury out of the rivers, support them

@stevewilson3791 2 жыл бұрын

that would be wishful thinking or, rather, greenwash. Miners are supposed to do this, but why would one believe them?

@davidwalker8359 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevewilson3791 because nobody else will be doing it if not.

@deseretweeks3087 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@bns3543 3 жыл бұрын

This is the power of softness , water, it can break solid rock into aparts

@TheBandit7613 Жыл бұрын

All over the Rockies too. The backcountry still bears the ugly scars.

@backup-ll5hc 2 жыл бұрын

looks cool

@davewilson4587 4 жыл бұрын

Love the sf bay

@Chickenfingers_donkey 4 жыл бұрын

i like because it tells about what the gold rush is like

@Aged10Years 13 жыл бұрын

Scary...

@BatuSmoka808 9 жыл бұрын

Mercury or not, I wouldn't eat anything that came out of that Bay...

@edodavidoff9793 3 жыл бұрын

is there anyone else that has to watch this for school?

@buriedhimalive 3 жыл бұрын

yep

@MadeleineGoyder 2 ай бұрын

Yes😢

@backup-ll5hc 2 жыл бұрын

They should let me clean up the Mercury I would be more then happy to dredge it all out and It would make me rich!

@TNTGoBoomBoom 9 ай бұрын

BAY AREAAAAAA

@arrawwn 12 жыл бұрын

One of the most insidious effects of mercury poisoning is mental deterioration, perhaps exhibited by someone we know.

@chucklotro8749 4 жыл бұрын

that's 100% natural it might also be tied to an orange makeup problem

@aarongrabowski3775 3 жыл бұрын

Joe Biden omg. Good point. I knew that dude was shot!!!

@tomheater6149 3 жыл бұрын

@@aarongrabowski3775 Dang Skippy!

@shilohrobinson1431 4 жыл бұрын

Who else is here because of school?

@MildTabascofries 3 жыл бұрын

I’m here because I’m playing red dead redemption 2 and wanted to know how a tiny gold mine poisoned the elysian pool.

@edodavidoff9793 3 жыл бұрын

im here because of school

@allenknight555 6 жыл бұрын

So your saying mercury gets in the rivers naturally from cinabar in the ground.

@antimatter13 12 жыл бұрын

If it cant be mined it has to be grown. Be quite.

@eqlzr2 4 жыл бұрын

I reckon there will always be people who make a show of indignant public outcry over other people's blood, sweat, tears, hard work, creativity, learning, ingenuity, and achievement. Way easier to do that than actually studying, learning and creating a revolutionary process themselves. Glorifying the former at the expense of the latter may not be a good thing in the long run.

@billyw3781 6 жыл бұрын

Regardless of the past, the massive increase in population and increased demand for water in the area required man made changes in the waterways. It's not like the virgin waterways could naturally have kept up with the demands placed upon it. As such don't blame the past miners for the effects of ever increasing demands.

@chucklotro8749 4 жыл бұрын

Miners of the past sent billions of cubic yards of silt and cobble into the waterways along with massive amounts of mercury. The result is the rivers are choked AND polluted. They and their employers are 100% at fault for these messes.