Blackwell sues over mine site
BLACKWELL — For 58 years, the Blackwell Zinc Co. was a major employer in this northern Oklahoma city with a work force that once topped 1,000.
But as federal and state officials began to investigate the company’s 160-acre operation, they found contaminants that led to its closing in 1974.
Officials alleged the mining company didn’t just fail to dispose of its pollutants, but it even provided ...
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