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Galena Kansas
Cherokee County, Kansas, Region 6 Environmental Contaminants, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mining operations were principally underground and involved sinking shafts to subsurface ore bodies. At the surface, the raw ore was crushed in stages and the metals were separated by gravity separation or, later flotation. Waste rock, development rock, chat, and tailings materials were dumped at the surface in waste piles. Many wastes were re-milled as more efficient separation techniques became available. Several small smelters were operated throughout Cherokee County, later being consolidated into a single site at Galena, Kansas in about 1920. This smelter remained in operation until 1970. ... [Read More]
ATSDR - Public Health and the Environment, Fall 2002, Part 2
In July 1990, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment conducted a human exposure study of lead and urine cadmium in children between 6 months and 6 years of age living near the Galena, Kansas, Mine Tailings Superfund site ( 2 ). The study concluded that children younger than 6 years had higher blood lead levels than did a control group of same-aged children. Lead levels in six (10.5%) of 57 children in Galena exceeded the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lead guideline of 10 µg/dL ( 3 ). No children in the control community had elevated blood lead levels (n=128). ... [Read More]
Region 6 Environmental Contaminants
Environmental impacts from these smelters are similar to those of other smelters of the era. Even at peak efficiency, the loss of 15% of the recoverable metals was unavoidable. As an example, the smelter at Galena processed approximately 72,000 pounds of ore per day during the year 1883. When processing ores which contained 50% recoverable metal, this equates to a production loss of more than 5,400 pounds of metals per day. Metals were lost either through the smokestack to the atmosphere, or remained in the processed ores, or slag. Slag and other process by-products were commonly stored on-site with little prevention of the migration of metals from the site. Little if anything was done to prevent the future release of these metals from the sites after closure. Environmental effects associated with these smelter sites frequently include: soil and sediment contamination; de-vegetation of terrestrial, riparian, and aquatic habitats; food-chain con ... [Read More]
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NARA | Facilities | Missouri
Cairo, Illinois; Dubuque, Iowa; Duluth, Minnesota; Galena, Illinois ; Kansas City, Missouri; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Pembina, North Dakota; St. Louis, Missouri; St. Paul, Minnesota. The records usually document, for American merchant and fishing vessels,the name; date and place of construction; home port; dimensions; and measurements.There are bills of sale, certificates of registry, enrollments or licenses,master carpenter certificates, mortgages and maritime liens, oaths thatowners and masters took to obtain a vessel license, and records of admeasurementand inspection of vessels. Nontextual records include photographs. See RG 26 forrelated records. ... [Read More]
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