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 ...
Vail Daily

Mining Hall of Fame hosts book launch in Leadville: ‘Colorado’s Great Depression Gold Rush: The Oliver Twist Tunnel’

What: Launch of “Colorado’s Great Depression Gold Rush: The Oliver Twist Tunnel” and author talk with V. Larry Frank, Jr. Where: National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, Leadville. When: Thursday, May ...
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 ...
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 ...
Vail Daily

Climax Moly mine near Leadville to reopen

PHOENIX, Arizona Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) announced today it plans to proceed with the restart of the Climax molybdenum mine near Leadville, Colorado. Construction employment will ...
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 ...