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On June 5, 1874, a charter was granted to the Missouri Lead and Smelting Company, which was renamed the Desloge Lead Company on February 21, 1876. In 1876 and 1877, the company sank three shafts and built a new mill in Bonne Terre. A fire in March 1886 destroyed the concentrating mill plant and damaged the rest of the surface plant.
Bonne Terre (/ b ɒ n ˈ t ɛər / bon-TAIR) is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States with a population of 6,864 at the 2010 census.Situated in the Southeast Missouri Lead District, lead mining shaped the history and character of the area from the earliest French settlers in the 1720s until today, even though Bonne Terre Mine established by St. Joseph lead mining company in ...
The Old Lead Belt Subdistrict was established in 1864 with the opening of the Bonne Terre Mine by the St. Joseph Lead Company. [2] Notable mines in the subdistrict region included the Bonne Terre Mine, and mines near Doe Run, Desloge, Flat River , and Leadwood. In 1972, the last Old Lead Belt mine at Flat River closed, ending 108 years of lead ...
The name "Big River" is a translation of the French Grande Rivière. [5] According to the National Weather Service, the maximum flood stage of the Big River at Byrnes Mill occurred on August 21, 1915, and was 30.20 feet (9.20 m), with a flow of roughly 80,000 cubic feet (2,300 m 3) per second. Flood stage at Byrnes Mill is 16 feet (4.9 m).
St. Francois County (/ ˈ f r æ n s ɪ s / FRAN-siss) is a county in the Lead Belt region in the U.S. state of Missouri.At the 2020 census, the population was 66,922. [1] The largest city and county seat is Farmington. [2]
The population density was 1,742.8 inhabitants per square mile (672.9/km 2). There were 2,274 housing units at an average density of 784.1 per square mile (302.7/km 2 ). The racial makeup of the city was 97.37% White , 0.77% Black or African American , 0.24% Native American , 0.16% Asian , 0.06% from other races , and 1.40% from two or more races.
Lock and Dam No. 20 is a lock and dam located on the Upper Mississippi River, the lock side in Canton, Missouri and the dam crossing to Meyer, Illinois. The structure is located at river mile 343.1. It includes a 2,369 feet (722 m) long dam, 40 tainter gates , 3 roller gates , and a lock chamber that is 110 feet (34 m) wide by 600 feet (183 m ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Missouri designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]