August 24, 2009- It is barely a town. A ghostly remnant of nearly a century of mining is more like it — not much left except for a few dilapidated houses nestled amid mountains of gray mine wastes. Massive sinkholes and uncapped shafts dot the landscape, a deadly reminder for the unwary of the abandoned underground mining caverns below. The smell of sulfur wafts across the road. A creek runs red from minerals left behind by long-gone lead- and zinc-mining operations.
Children have grown up here swimming in some of the 200-feet deep sinkholes where the blue water is so acidic that for years people thought they were getting a sunburn playing in them. Toxic dunes of lead-ridden crushed rock and sand called chat have beckoned a generation of motorcycle and four-wheeler enthusiasts.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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