By Harold Tymes
Staff Writer
MEEKER — Leadville, Colo., in Lake County, a mountain community about the same size as Meeker, serves as a reminder this week of the importance of being diligent to demand responsible and ethical methods of extracting our natural resources to protect our environment. Leadville has declared a local state of emergency. Old mining tunnels flooded with contaminated water are threatening to explode because the water table is unusually high this…