July 20, 2000 PICHER JOURNAL Waste From Old Mines Leaves Piles of Problems By ROSS MILLOY Ruth Fremson/ The New York Times Piles of leftover mining material known as chat tower above Picher in northeastern Oklahoma. One resident of the town, Doris Smith, above, said that workers created problems while trying to clean up her property. ICHER, Okla., July 20 -- The problem is chat. Not the Internet ...