Leadville

Arkansas

Locals worry plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste could threaten Arkansas River

Nick Michael thinks he has got a great idea. Collect ore and tailings from the slag piles scattered around Leadville, extract bits of silver and gold in a vat of chemicals and then store the waste in a permitted facility.  It’s a plan he’s been simmering since he bought the dormant Leadville Mill in California […]

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