CHEROKEE ZINC - WEIR SMELTER
WEIR, KS
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Elizabeth Kramer
[email protected]
(913) 551-7186
Remedial Project Manager
Liz Blackburn
[email protected]
(913) 551-7899
Site Location
Street Address:413 N WASHINGTON STREET
WEIR, KS 66781
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Background
The Cherokee Zinc - Weir Smelter site is part of the Tri‐State Mining District where mining, milling and smelting of lead and zinc ore began in the mid‐1800s and continued for more than 100 years.
The site is located in the city of Weir, Cherokee County, Kansas, in the Arkansas-White-Red Region watershed. The Chicago Zinc Works began smelting zinc in 1873, locating at Weir where there were nearby commercial coal deposits to fuel the smelter and to the proximity to the Tri-State lead and zinc mining district. According to historical information, smelting operations closed in approximately 1918, when natural gas wells ...
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