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Original Tecopa Town Site

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The 160 acre parcel is the site of the original mining town of Tecopa, founded in 1878. The area beyond it was historically used as a settling basin for liquids used in silver and lead milling operations, and the soil contains unsafe levels of several heavy metals and other substances that could pose a health hazard.
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