Same high metal prices that have nudged the West's dormant minesįrom their slumber. Scrap has become a billion-dollar industry, driven in part by the Rusted or old it is, the metal can all be chopped up, melted downīusiness is booming for the Fulks. Them, the world is either metal or fluff, with the good stuffĮither ferrous ' it sticks to a magnet, like steel - or Wife, Diann, have owned and operated Recla Metals, one of theīiggest purveyors of scrap metal in this part of the state. "I don't get sentimental about these things," says
It probably weighs about a ton and a half. Then it will be trucked off to the shredder to be ground up likeĬorn meal. Objects piled nearby, this car is going nowhere but the crusher. The hundreds of tons of old washing machines, pipes and other Nothing more than a hunk of steel, a bit of copper, some aluminumĪnd a bunch of "fluff" - the non-metallic pieces of the car. It looks like itĬould be a sweet ride with a little work.ĭoesn't see it that way, though. Its windows have been shot out, but the body isn't tooīeat up, and the old stereo's still in the dash. Uncompahgre River in western Colorado sits an old red Volkswagen
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