Demolition of the Smelter Complex

May 27th, 1996 :
Bunker Hill Superfund Site - Demolition of the Smelter Complex in Kellogg, ID.

Significant Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA) included remediation of approximately 1200 residential/commercial properties by the site PRPs, demolition of the smelter complex, excavation of two million tons of contaminated unconfined tailings, development of more than 100 acres of on-site repositories, restoration of 200 acres of river floodplain and 1200 acres of barren hillsides.

http://www.tgenviro.com/env_bunker.asp
http://www.djc.com/special/enviro98/10043970.htm

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Memorial
• Day
• 1996
• Bunker
• Hill
• Demolition
• Smelter
• Complex
• Kellogg
• Idaho
• Orange
• Soil
• Old
• Mining
• Town

[dabruce94]

Anybody know what the name of the documentary about the bunker hill is called?. i know some of the people who narrate in it.

[MrJimmybgood]

I USED TO WORK AT BUNKERHILL MINE AND IT WAS KIND OF SAD TO SEE THOSE STACKS FALL . ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEM. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. GOT ANY MORE IN KELLOGG. I LOVED IT THERE I SPENT MY CHILDHOOD THERE IT WAS GREAT.

[MrBallzdeep2010]

@rocklinrebel71 Now if everybody would get as smart as you I could have my valley back!

[MsRawkerChick]

Omg I remember this...I miss Idaho and I miss the silver Valley

[jrsmooth90210]

HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THAT THING GO." MADE MY NIGHT.!!!!

[BlackSheep755]

I Dont Gonna Clean That Mess Up!

[rocklinrebel71]

Yeah I'm an asshole LOL ..tell me something I don't know! Anyhow there were some cool things and people around the Silver Valley, but there also were some dumbfuck white trash morons who ate to many lead paint chips. Anyhow I got the reaction I wanted..Thanks LOL

[broadwayissoon]

I live in kellogg. Its sad to watch this happen. My great grandfather owned three mines around there.

[NathansBackwoods]

My grand father worked at that mine as an engineer, kinda sad to watch those fall.

[rocklinrebel71]

I used to drive by those stacks when I lived in Kellogg...then I got smart and moved out of that inbred infested methlab they call the Silver Valley!