Leadville
Subtitle: The Struggle To Revive An American Town
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: November 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781559633857
Subjects: Chemical pollution; Mining industry; Social history; Water; Nature; Environmental aspects; Environmental Policy; Hazardous Industrial Materials; Pollution; History - U.S; Mineral industries; Nature/Ecology; Colorado; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; United States - State & Local - West; History / United States / 19th Century; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Arkansas River; Abandoned mined lands reclamat; Abandoned mined lands reclamation; Leadville
First sentence: Doc Smith didn't get the message until late afternoon, after he had finished his chores and made his way across the snowy pasture toward home, his heifers watching his progress from behind a gnarled wood fence.