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Locals worry plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste could threaten Arkansas River, unearth town’s long-buried history

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Nick Michael bought the dormant Leadville Mill in California Gulch in 2008. The mill has never operated since Michael purchased it. Union Milling and landowner CJK Milling Co. in 2021 filed an application with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety to reopen the idled mill.

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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 then store the...

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