Mining

Regional News

1876 marked the start of Colorado’s decades-long ‘free silver’ crusade

A barrel full of freshly minted ‘silver shiners’ arrived at Denver’s banks

May 6, 2026

Local News

Community pushback grows over mining exploration in La Platas

Metallic Minerals questioned about water use, access and long-term impacts at Durango open house

April 7, 2026

New Mexico

Canadian-based company seeks exploratory permit to drill uranium in northern New Mexico

Arriba County commissioner says he’s mobilizing opposition

March 30, 2026

Southwest Life

Apache women seek court intervention as federal land is turned over for copper mining

Mine shafts 10, left, and 9 tower over the Resolution Copper Mining Co. facility June 9, 2023, in Miami, Ariz.…

March 20, 2026

Local News

Baseline water data collected as mining interest returns to the La Platas

Mountain Studies Institute to track changes during exploratory activity

March 2, 2026

Southwest Life

What are those mysterious mounds along Highway 33 near Redstone? Coke ovens

Of the hundreds of coke ovens built in 1899, 90 remain in various stages of decay and restoration. The Restone…

December 26, 2025

Local News

Metallic Minerals will host open houses about La Plata exploration

Sessions are Thursday in Breen and Friday in Cortez

September 3, 2025

Regional News

Work underway to put out mining fire that’s burned for more than 20 years

Contractors use excavation equipment to extinguish a site where a coal mine waste fire has smoldered for more than two…

June 6, 2025

Local News

What people in Mancos think about mining in the La Platas

exploration company found over a billion pounds of copper in La Plata Canyon, but it’s not guaranteed it will be…

November 14, 2024

Local News

In La Plata Mountains, possibility of copper mining has neighbors anxious

Metallic Minerals faced stiff opposition at a community meeting in Breen

November 12, 2024

Local News

Metallic Minerals, Forest Service face pressure from community over exploration

Federal and state representatives field questions, concerns about mining northeast of Mancos

June 22, 2024

Local News

Gold King Mine owner sells property to government, ending litigation

Hennis will receive $919,000 for property near Silverton

May 16, 2024

Local News

How will the state use Gold King Mine settlement funds?

A pot of $7.3 million is available to address damage to natural resources

May 11, 2024

Southwest Life

Why did it take so long for the Navajo Nation to secure a Superfund designation?

from 40 years of uranium mining has contaminated watersheds across the reservation

April 2, 2024

Regional News

Locals wary of plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste

Residents concerned plan to process historic mine waste could threaten Arkansas River, unearth town’s long-buried history

March 31, 2024

Local News

First Superfund site on Navajo Nation to address uranium mining pollution

Residents in Arizona community have suffered impacts of radiation exposure for decades

March 15, 2024

Local News

Without abdicating authority, EPA responds to Butler criticism

quality expert left role in November citing lack of engagement by federal agency

February 23, 2024

Local News

150 years of La Plata County

county commemorates its sesquicentennial anniversary Saturday

February 9, 2024

Local News

Frustrated, Peter Butler leaves Superfund advisory group

‘We are not consulted’ wrote outgoing chairman

December 21, 2023

Thinking Green

Public lands protections pursued across the Southwest

A policy debate has played out repeatedly across states in the Southwest in recent years over the appropriate locations for…

October 21, 2023

Local News

USGS helicopter begins mapping geology in Southwest Colorado

low-flying aircraft is not taking images, but collecting magnetic geophysical data

September 13, 2023

Local News

Exploratory drilling to continue in La Plata Canyon

extraction would be years away, prospectors say

May 23, 2023

Regional News

Silver dream goes bust: Ouray mine faces lawsuits for $10M in unpaid bills

big plans to revive famed Revenue Mine, owners shut down and are in receivership

November 25, 2022

Local News

Bulkheads caused the Gold King Mine spill. Could they also be part of the solution?

Remediation tool can limit acidic drainage, but experts must also understand the complicated hydrology

March 30, 2022