Freeport McMoran Copper Acid leak Clifton, AZ

11/2/08 Site visit

Observations:
We were told by a City Employee that '...100,000 gallons of sulfuric-acid leaked and 100,000 gallons of something I can't remember the name of...'We were allowed to walk around per this City employee so long as we didn't get in the way of traffic. However, while in a public parking lot, we were told to leave by a sub-contractor. There was no barrier, etc that we crossed to access the public lot. Have a slight sore throat from being out there for 1-1.5 hrs! This creek where the leak was, runs right behind a child care center, homes and businesses are approx 15-20' from it.

Opinion:
Got that real 'Silkwood' feeling. The sub-contractors were shadowing us during our visit to the public roads, sidewalks, etc.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Copper
• Mine
• Chemical
• leak
• Clifton
• AZ
• FMI
• Freeport
• McMoran

[gmoneycricket]

Great Video

Stop Rosemont

[kcr66]

Thanks for your comment. This is not the only threat to the Empire Fagan Valley.

CalPort & Seel. Everyone, please help, write letters, call the gov't reps!

[Mikyman31]

lawl 2008 was the first year i started living there:3

[cartmenkillsyou]

@gmoneycricket Do some follow up, there area was fully re-mediated and has much more plant life that it did before. Also, the Clifton town-site was heavily polluted with tires and batteries all of which was cleaned up by the company. Further, it was a very small area, a small dry creek about 1 mile long. This would never happen in the Santa Ritas either, they will target a different ore and a much smaller scale

[Gangsta4lifeish]

@peckerwood70 Shutup Clifton I ss a good town so stop flippen acting like you no everything ight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[clinburco]

I'm suprized you found a city employee that spoke english

[peckerwood70]

That wasn't a leak. It was a stupid ass, overpaid dumbshit that turned the wrong valve. I went through there when this was going on, and they told me what happened. You know what the funnest thing to do in clifton Az? Pack up and get the fuck out. DUMP Nothing but beens, and stupid ass cops.

[gmoneycricket]

As you can see by the above Video links

FMI is mining in the Congo

5 million plus dead and displaced by Congo Government So they can sell their mineral resources to

Companies like FMI of Phoenix Arizona

So anyone that works in the Mining Industry

Condones what FMI is doing in the Congo!

Do a Search in Google

Keywords- Congo Copper -see what pops up.