Umm.. well 400 yards from the river??? when was the last time you were there???

The river now flows directly through where they mind previously!! the separation between the pits and the river is exactly 0.

Also you should be aware that since the 96 floods which blew through the dike separating the river from the mine spawning below the mine which was once very productive in now extremely limited as the habitat has been wiped out..

I don't care how long you have lived there and fished the river. You should take the time to read what people who know more than you have to saw about this issue.. Why not call up the region 5 Bio's and ask their opinion?