It like the 'square peg in the round hole'

They spent millions of Superfund money trying to make Picher "safe" from lead poisoning. Within months, toxic levels of lead returned to the newly replaced yards. They pondered the open shafts full of water (foreground) for safe methods of capping them. They searched worldwide for disposal sites for MOUNTAINS of lead-filled chat (background). NOW, years later, some brilliant committee actually is studying the feasibility of doing what I thought should have been considered in the FIRST place....PUT IT BACK IN THE GROUND!!! Displace the water and fill the empty mineshafts with . . . yes - the chat that came from down there.