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Idle Mines

  • Ohio Valley ReSource
    While ‘Zombie’ Mines Idle, Cleanup And Workers Remain In Limbo
    By Mark Olalde
    The sound of metal banging against metal broke the calm on the high mesa separating Colorado’s Paradox and Big Gypsum valleys. An old rusted headframe…
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