Colorado Public Radio

Colorado mining town’s polluted legacy has a potential for profit, but some are wary of the risk

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 ...
Fast Company

This Colorado town wants to mine gold from waste

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 ...
koaa

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 ...
The Durango Herald

Locals wary of plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste

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 ...
The Denver Post

Plan to use cyanide to extract gold from Leadville mining waste has residents concerned

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...
Newsday

Colorado mining town's polluted legacy has a potential for profit, but some are wary of the risk

LEADVILLE, Colo. — 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 ...