Imagine for a minute that this sort of construction could pay for itself by first running all the fill material through a gold mining operation water sluice, and along the way, recover enough gold (as is mentioned in the video) that was missed by the first miners on that river who created the hills of tailings.
via https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2017/02/oroville-dam-building-back-when.html
Indeed Jesse, that is an interesting bit of history. What a project. It amazes me what we as a people, and a nation can do when there's work to be done. Thanks for the post.
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