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A plan to extract gold from mining waste splits a Colorado town with a legacy of pollution

By MATTHEW BROWN, BRITTANY PETERSON and THOMAS PEIPERT
Posted 9/12/24

Piles of mine waste that loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville are a reminder of the city’s boom days. Now a company wants to “remine” some of the waste piles to squeeze …

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