1.   Morally and legally, residents said, Newmont is liable for the cleanup of the crater, known as a tailings pond, as well as the Midnite Mine.

2.   Panna Maria residents living near the tailings pond claimed increases in cancer and birth defects.

3.   So Dawn began pumping the contaminated groundwater, and dumping it in the largely empty tailings pond.

4.   Opponents fear a tailings pond could fail and contaminate streams.

5.   Opponents fear that a tailings pond could fail and contaminate streams.