In the classic 1969 Western musical, Paint Your Wagon, Ben Rumson, played by Lee Marvin, and Pardner, played by Clint Eastwood, discover there’s more gold filtering through the floorboards of No Name City’s many saloons than from the nearby hills.Tunneling under city streets to reclaim the fallen glitter, the two soon create a thriving business. Yet even as the mythical boomtown turns to bust, it appears Ben and Pardner might have been on to something — had they only set up shop in a wastewater treatment plant.Lost treasures
According to a new scientific study published in Environmental Science & Technology, mining,
