...Summitville, Colo., was mined 100 years ago, but he doesn't mention more recent history. In 1992, not 1892, the Summitville mine was abruptly abandoned, and the U.S. EPA was called in to keep millions of gallons of cyanide-contaminated...
...optimistic expectations that the Summitville mine would be an economic success...Resources went bankrupt. The Summitville mine is now on the EPA's National...environmental disasters like the Summitville mine are history lessons that all...
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