Leadville : The Struggle To Revive An American Town.

Leadville explores the clash between a small mining town high up in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and the federal government, determined to clean up the toxic mess left from a hundred years of mining. Set amidst the historic streets and buildings reflecting the town's past glory as one of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Island Press.
Subjects:
Abandoned mined lands reclamation > Colorado > Leadville.
Mineral industries > Environmental aspects > Colorado > Leadville.
Water > Pollution > Arkansas River.
Hazardous waste site remediation > Colorado > Leadville > Citizen participation.
Mines abandonnées > Réhabilitation > Colorado > Leadville.
Mines > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > Colorado > Leadville.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux > Restauration > Colorado > Leadville > Participation des citoyens.
20th Century.
19th Century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Abandoned mined lands reclamation
Hazardous waste site remediation > Citizen participation
Mineral industries > Environmental aspects
Water > Pollution
Colorado > Leadville
United States > Arkansas River
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Map
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1. Living Downstream
  • 2. Boom Years
  • 3. The Fortunes of ASARCO
  • 4. The Shutdown
  • 5. Overrun by Outsiders
  • 6. The Brown Envelope
  • 7. Plugging the Yak
  • 8. The Lead in Leadville
  • 9. Stall, Stall, Stall
  • 10. "Beyond Denial
  • 11. A New Era
  • 12. Moving Yellow Iron
  • 13. Stray Horse Gulch
  • 14. Give and Take
  • 15. Saving Oro City
  • 16. The Hydrologic Center of the Earth
  • 17. Kids First
  • 18. Doc's Meadows
  • 19. Appalachia of the West
  • 20. Wedding Cakes and Merlot Ponds
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Sources
  • Index.

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