Mining

Wastewater from Gold King Mine reaches New Mexico

Utah, Glen Canyon brace for sludge

In north valley, irrigation companies work to keep Animas River pollution out

companies shut off headgates before spill arrived

Action to deal with Animas River contamination slow moving

Officials, community wait on definitive results about toxic metals

EPA’s slow response over Animas River mine spill raises ire of local, state politicians

Roberts: ‘What we see before us is horrifying’

Local businesses starting to feel the pinch from a soiled Animas River

Zalneraitis Local rafting companies say losses are in the thousands of dollars daily. While Mild to Wild is offering other…

A contaminated view

Plans to plug the Gold King Mine backfire

1,200 gallons of polluted water per minute still draining

What’s next for dealing with toxic river flow?

Butch Knowlton, director of the Office of Emergency Management for La Plata County, said the county is working with Environmental…

Catastrophe on the Animas

water floods river after EPA disaster at Gold King Mine in Silverton

EPA to plug Silverton mine soon

Groundwater monitoring on the Animas planned

Summer mine mitigation planned

for Good Samaritan legislation revived

Ouray silver mine improves safety after two deaths

Durangoan killed in 2013 accident

Navajo Mine needs environmental analysis

vacates a permit to expand

EPA wants to test Silverton’s soil

leaders worry about tourism impact

Is Silverton ready for a cleanup?

mines continue to leach pollutants, some residents reconsider Superfund

Historic mill to get a boost

for Sound Democrat, built 1905-06 near Silverton

King Coal promises to control trucks

promises to cut Sunday hauling, monitor speeds

You can help save Silverton’s own ‘Castle in the Sky’

Historical landmark is in need of repair

Coal mine neighbors call traffic a hazard

‘It’s become a land of semi-trucks’

Coal mine facing new regulations

will hold public meeting Dec. 18 to discuss plans

Mine owners blamed in deaths of 2 men

calls fatalities ‘entirely preventable’

Feds: Quray mine warned before accident

Mine Safety and Health Administration administrator Joe Main said Tuesday managers of the mine near Ouray improperly detonated deteriorated explosives…

Rock-solid history lesson

Specimens to be on display at Fort Lewis College

Bond for a Silverton mine seized

Red Arrow Gold Corp. already has been sanctioned for building an illegal mercury mill just outside the Mancos city limits.…