An unamed stream runs through the Copper City mill site. The U.S. Forest Service is working to clean up the site, that is polluted with arsenic and lead. That is how contaminants make it into nearby waterways.
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Courtney Flatt
The dilapidated bunk house is just a short walk from the Copper City mill.
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Courtney Flatt
Buildings used to take up this mountain field in front of the Copper City bunk house. It is where the Forest Service originally wanted to bury the toxins from the mill, but that would have distroyed the historic site.