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Ghost of Oklahoma Mining Town Returns to Haunt It
In Picher Oklahoma the downtown area faces possible collapse as old zinc mines underlie a four block district. Engineers warn of stressed tunnel supports and surface sinking while tenants prepared to leave or stay amid a town famed for mining booms and lawlessness.
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Oklahoma
Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma
Danger Area
Clem S. Wilder
Picher
Okla
Jess Short
Joplin
Short
Picher Co
Eagle- Picher Mining and Smelting Co
O. S. Picher