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A plan to extract gold from mining waste splits a Colorado town with a legacy of pollution
LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more than a centu
LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) -- Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville -- a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more than a century after the city's boom days. Read More
