LEADVILLE — Millions of tons of waste from decades-old mining operations sit in the hills east of town. The brown and orange piles of abandoned ore rise 30 feet, peeking over the pines. A company in Leadville wants to truck 1.2 million tons of the waste to a mill on the southwestern edge of the high mountain city, use cyanide to extract gold and silver from the rocks, and then return the hills to a more natural state.
Mining Waste Cleanup Near Arkansas River Would Use Cyanide To Extract Gold. Does It Pose An Environmental Threat?
Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 5:00am
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