1955 Copperhill Tennessee environmental damage

[Pob530756]

I recall miles of bare red clay along Hwy 64 in 1967-68-69, indicating the soil was still poisoned. My father says in 1918, WWI, Copperhill was the nation's main source of copper - used for brass cartridge casings.

[TheEmiSunshine]

My grandfather worked these mines until he retired. Then died of cancer