RURAL28-- CREEDE 08/26/07- in Creede Colorado.RJ Sangosti/ The Denver Post ... A large waste-rock pile that is part of the Commodore Mine in Creede is one of two sites the EPA would be targeting as a Superfund site. The other is the Nelson Tunnel which is [Getty Images]

RURAL28-- CREEDE 08/26/07- in Creede Colorado.RJ Sangosti/ The Denver Post ... A large waste-rock pile that is part of the Commodore Mine in Creede is one of two sites the EPA would be targeting as a Superfund site. The other is the Nelson Tunnel which is nearby. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images)