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After reading through this article, I immediately went to google maps to see if they had any street-level views of the town. Thankfully, they do. From them, and the satellite views, you can see both the chat (I'm guessing that's what those large-ish white mounds are -- I could be wrong) mentioned in the article and "explore" the mostly abandoned town.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=picher,+ok&hl=en&sll=3...



Impressive. In Missouri, St. Joe Lead Co. donated land containing its mountains of tailings for a state park. St. Joe's State Park, popular for off-roading, with people riding their ATVs, minibikes, etc. through the tailings from the lead mines, also happens to be part of a Superfund site, but that doesn't dissuade people.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%22St.+Joe+state+park%22&h...

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/cases/cleanup/cercla...


Wow. The article gives numbers, but seeing the actual mountains, and how many of them, help really solidify just how polluted that area is, wow.


The streetviews are much older than the satellite photos. You can do a kind of eery "before and after" of all of the demolished houses and buildings.




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