Story first appeared in: OLNEY SPRINGS — From satellite view, the land north of the Arkansas River is a seemingly random checkerboard of vital green and desperate brown, quickly fading from a…
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Locals worry plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste could threaten Arkansas River, unearth town’s long-buried history
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…