During the summer months, kids flock to this sinkhole filled with water north of Treece, Kan., and rope swing off the tree at upper left. Health officials worry about the long-term effects of exposure to the water filling these abandoned mines.
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"If this situation sat within 50 miles of Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan or Kansas City, this problem would have been taken care of immediately. Here, you are so far away, nobody knows about you." —75-year-old Treece resident Bob Shoemaker
March 20, 2007
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