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<blockquote data-quote="Margonme" data-source="post: 1378775" data-attributes="member: 25776"><p>First, Supa Dexta is correct.</p><p></p><p>When my duty station was Helena, Mt., the last lead smelter in the US and I am thinking north America was in East Helena. It was placed on the National Priority List and soon closed. I was assigned the Butte Priority Soils Project when Scott Brown was assigned the East Helena Lead Smelter. The following is a good read:</p><p></p><p><strong>In 1888, a large lead smelter was built on the banks of Prickly Pear Creek in the Helena Valley by the Helena and Livingston Lead Smelting Company. In 1898, the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) purchased the 160 acre site. ASARCO operated the smelter until 2001.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>East Helena grew up around that enterprise. For over a century, the smelter processed 70,000 tons of lead bullion a year, and provided a livelihood for thousands of families. It also produced untold tons of toxic contaminants.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In 1984, the Environmental Protection Agency named East Helena as a Superfund cleanup site. ASARCO smelting operations were suspended in 2001.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In November of 2007, the Independent Record presented the ASARCO story.</strong></p><p><strong>Click here to access the archived feature.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>On August 14, 2009, the ASARCO stacks were felled by dynamite charges, an emotional step in cleaning up the smelter site.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Margonme, post: 1378775, member: 25776"] First, Supa Dexta is correct. When my duty station was Helena, Mt., the last lead smelter in the US and I am thinking north America was in East Helena. It was placed on the National Priority List and soon closed. I was assigned the Butte Priority Soils Project when Scott Brown was assigned the East Helena Lead Smelter. The following is a good read: [b]In 1888, a large lead smelter was built on the banks of Prickly Pear Creek in the Helena Valley by the Helena and Livingston Lead Smelting Company. In 1898, the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) purchased the 160 acre site. ASARCO operated the smelter until 2001. East Helena grew up around that enterprise. For over a century, the smelter processed 70,000 tons of lead bullion a year, and provided a livelihood for thousands of families. It also produced untold tons of toxic contaminants. In 1984, the Environmental Protection Agency named East Helena as a Superfund cleanup site. ASARCO smelting operations were suspended in 2001. In November of 2007, the Independent Record presented the ASARCO story. Click here to access the archived feature. On August 14, 2009, the ASARCO stacks were felled by dynamite charges, an emotional step in cleaning up the smelter site.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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