Oregon Sierra Club volunteer Dan Cobb is so passionate about stopping irresponsible mining and protecting our most special places, he wrote a book about it!

Dan’s novel, The Mine, is a fictional thriller based loosely on the $200,000,000 Summittville Gold Mine disaster in Colorado.  In 1990, the Summitville mine failed, releasing a flood of cyanide, heavy metals, and sulfuric acid — killing all aquatic life over 17 miles of the river and contaminating downstream farmland.

And, Dan has graciously agreed to donate a portion of the proceeds from his new book to the Oregon Chapter! Click here to read more, purchase the book, and support the Sierra Club’s work in Oregon!