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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Brown,Brittany Peterson and Thomas Peipert

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

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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 than a century after the city's boom days.

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