Settlement agreement reached in lawsuit for Blackwell residents over old smelter

 
BY ANN KELLEY akelley@opubco.com
Published: February 1, 2012

BLACKWELL — Blackwell Zinc Co. paid one of the best wages in Kay County before environmental problems and contamination concerns closed it in 1974. Now some residents here are entitled to one last payday — this time for damages caused by the smelter operation.

In January, Blackwell property owners received a 16-page letter notifying them that a nearly $119 million agreement has been reached in their cla...


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