Old lead mining film.

[TheDoctor]

https://youtu.be/zDxhta3ER0c

About 27 minutes long, about Missouri lead mining.

[farmerjim]

Excellent film. So much lead in one place it made me drool. I did not find out the name of the company that owned the mine and the smelter until the credits at the end.
It was the St. Joseph lead company. In 1981 it became The Doe Run Company.

[jcwit]

Lead fumes? hehehehehehehe

[bangerjim]

That is a classic I have posted several times in the past. I got it from someone else a couple years ago.

Share and share alike!

bangerjim

[tommag]

I never gave it much thought, but had the idea that crushing and then heating to the melting point of lead was all there was to it. It's a lot more complex than I figured.

[popper]

Talk about some dross - wow. S.E. Kansas has those slag piles all over the place.

[mold maker]

I'll bet there are very few quarries for gravel.

[sundog]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_Creek_Superfund_site

[bangerjim]

Can you say "Animas river"? :shock:

[Pee Wee]

Yea, that was an interesting film

[JonnyReb]

Awesome film, thanks for posting this.

[Bad Water Bill]

I'll bet there are very few quarries for gravel.

Try this limestone quarry for one.

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&sa=N&tab=lw#hl=en&q=thornton+quarry

[Plate plinker]

intersting video you would think that the tailings could be used for road paving?

[Bad Water Bill]

intersting video you would think that the tailings could be used for road paving?

They have paved roads in misseri?:bigsmyl2:

[Plate plinker]

Gots me Billy buts I nose Chitown always needs sum patch'chin.