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Company wants to "remine" some of the waste piles to squeeze more gold from ore discarded decades ago .
The waste would be trucked to a nearby mill, crushed to powder and bathed in cyanide to extract trace amounts of precious metals.
The proposal comes amid surging global interest in re-processing waste containing discarded minerals.
Backers say the Leadville proposal would speed cleanup work that's languished for decades .
Every minute , 694 gallons ( 2,627 liters) on average of contaminated mine water flows from Leadville ’s Superfund site.
Up to 10% of the water is not treated — tens of millions of gallons annually carrying an estimated six tons of toxic metals.
Remining “has caught on like wildfire” in the Rockies , geochemist Ann Maest says.
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