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LEADVILLE, Colo., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Federal officials said Friday a blocked mine-drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colo., does not pose a danger to the historic Colorado town, it was reported.
Gary Campbell, the deputy regional director for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, said he believes the tunnel could withstand much more pressure than is already behind the blockage, The Denver Post reported Friday.
"Right now, we don't believe there's an imminent threat," he was quoted by the newspaper as saying.
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter called on the White House to order that steps be taken to reduce the mounting water pressure.
"The issue is now approaching a crisis stage," Ritter wrote in a letter asking that the Bush administration order the Bureau of Reclamation to drill extraction wells behind the blockage and construct a bulkhead to prevent blowouts.
Experts believe that beyond the blockage is an estimated 1.5 billion gallons of mine drainage, laced with toxic levels of cadmium and zinc, the report said.
"Such a release could result in the loss of life, cause untold human misery, threaten the drinking-water supplies for a half-million people, impact farmers and ranchers and leave the river and the recreation economy it also supports degraded for decades," Ritter wrote.
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