Picher, Oklahoma
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picher-oklahoma-171-18796588
title:
Picher, Oklahoma
text:
Picher is a ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma, United States. It was a major national center of lead and zinc mining for more than 100 years in the heart of the Tri-State Mining District. Decades of unrestricted subsurface excavation dangerously undermined most of Picher's town buildings and left giant piles of toxic metal-contaminated mine tailings heaped throughout the area. The discovery of cave-in risks, groundwater contamination and health effects associated
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ghost town in Oklahoma, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picher,_Oklahoma
date created:
2002-10-24T07:41:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T14:01:24Z
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13
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