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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Las Tablas Creek.” The Klau Mine is the only mine in San Luis Obispo County that produces acid runoff, according to a 2006 Tribune article. EPA work on the Rinconada mine appears to have halted after the 2003 cleanup, but it’s ongoing at the Klau and Buena Vista mines.The impacts of the Klau and Buena Vista mines reverberate to this day. There are still restrictions on consuming certain types of fish from Lake Nacimiento based on mercury levels, according to an advisory from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.Mercury is a toxic and dangerous substance. High exposure to mercury may result in damage to the nervous system, kidneys and gastrointestinal tract, according to the EPA. Where are the mines now?The mines’ heyday is long past, and the wilderness has begun reclaiming them. But you can still find them, if you know where to look.Rinconada Mine is located just off the Rinconada Trail, out by Pozo. At least part of the land is privately owned, according to Margot Perez-Sullivan, a spokeswoman for the EPA. It is accessible from the hiking trail, but beware: It’s an abandoned mine, after all. Klau and Buena Vista mines are off Cypress Mountain Road in the Adelaida area. They are mostly privately owned, but “a small amount” of the land is owned by the Bureau of Land Management, Perez-Sullivan said. The Oceanic mine was located 5 miles up Santa Rosa Creek from Cambria, according to the Cambria Historical Society. At least some of the old mine property is now part of Charan Springs Farm, according to Melody Coe at the Cambria Historical Society. “Mine sites should not be visited by members of the public,” Perez-Sullivan said in an email.Abandoned mines are generally unsafe places to be, according to AbandonedMines.gov, a website managed by the
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