Madrid Mining Landscape - Dekker / Perich / Sabatini

AML Program History in Madrid, NMAML’s history of work in Madrid focused on abatementof extreme hazards such as subsidence, closure ofopen adits and shafts and complications in drainage.Successes include:• Closure of adits and shafts that pose imminent hazardsand the preservation of bat habitat• Mitigation of subsidence with fill materials• Removal of hazardous mining structures• Reclamation of gob piles to reduce erosion• Projects in Madrid average one every three yearsAML Timeline1980s –Closure of adits, asbestos removal,Water tank hazards, removal of theanthracite breaker1990- AML continues to address subsidencedrainage and the closure of adits2000- Drainage, erosion results in AMLreclamation activities in Madrid. AML adoptsthe policy to address problems at the requestof land owners.2009- Having addressed the significanthazards to public safety, AML initiates theMadrid Mining Landscape Project toholistically address historic mining issues inMadrid.WWW.MADRIDMININGLANDSCAPE.ORGMADRID MINING LANDSCAPE OCTOBER, 2011