Picher, Oklahoma, is emblematic of what happens when a mining boomtown goes bust. When the minerals were exhausted, companies left or went bankrupt. Slab, former home of Gloria and Tom Workman.
The state of Oklahoma and the federal government have decided it is too dangerous to let the town’s people continue to live there. Picher, once a thriving lead and zinc mining community ...
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Haunting photos of ‘the most toxic town in America’ unveil the troubling reality of boomtowns: ‘I went there once … it was so eerie’One Redditor has nominated Picher, Oklahoma, as “the most toxic town ... That’s byproducts of lead and zinc mining. Toxic dust, sand, water,” the original poster replied.
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