Mining

Local News

Mining company to clean up illegal La Plata Canyon road

$450,000 in escrow to cover the costs

April 30, 2014

Local News

Superfund label stokes Silverton’s curiosity

for cleanup would be aided by designation

April 22, 2014

Local News

Silverton flirting with Superfund?

Meeting a first step in understanding possible cleanup process

April 21, 2014

Local News

Red Arrow cleanup awaits Texas ruling

Coordinator hopes to start on Mancos site in late spring

April 7, 2014

Local News

State OKs Wildcat’s road repair plan

permit can be restored if work is completed by July 1

February 18, 2014

Local News

Red Arrow gold mining permit gets yanked

also loses permit for mine near Silverton

February 18, 2014

Local News

Wildcat Mining asked to put up $100K for repairs

du1-i-syn Wildcat Mining Corp. has until Jan. 31 to put $100,000 in escrow to pay for long-overdue fixes to an…

January 15, 2014

Local News

Silverton mine-waste cleanup urged

River Stakeholders no longer enough, ex-member says

December 17, 2013

Regional News

Saturday blast being looked at in mine probe

Accident Sunday killed two near Ouray

November 18, 2013

Local News

Durango miner remembered

Investigation underway into mining accident that killed Rick Williams

November 17, 2013

Local News

State loses patience with Wildcat Mining, yanks permit

Company failed to repair illegal road at La Plata Canyon operation

November 13, 2013

Local News

State seeks funds from illegal gold mine

depletes emergency fund cleaning mercury from Mancos tailings

November 12, 2013

Nation & World

Obama takes on coal with first-ever carbon limits

The Environmental Protection Agency, which is headed by Gina McCarthy, will have until next summer to develop rules that will…

September 19, 2013

Business

Predictions for gold mine demise prove exaggerated

20 years on, the Cresson keeps coughing up fortunes

September 9, 2013

Local News

Shut-down Mancos mill fined $337,167

board says mercury, arsenic at unacceptable levels

August 14, 2013

Local News

Shale boom passing by S.W. Colorado

economist says new fields getting more play

August 6, 2013

Local News

Congress to consider bill for cleaning up waste from mines

Tipton, Udall partner to put forward so-called good Samaritan legislation

August 5, 2013

Local News

Silverton not ready to bid farewell to mining

it left in 1991, economic prospects have suffered

August 4, 2013

Local News

Silverton: The key players

Animas River Stakeholders Group: This group of concerned citizens, industry officials and government representatives formed in 1994 with the goal…

August 4, 2013

Gallery

Silverton Mining Legacy day 1

1 of the Silverton series

August 3, 2013

Local News

Success seen in Mineral Creek cleanup

can efforts be equaled in Cement Creek?

August 3, 2013

Local News

A pollution solution – if the money turns up

Limestone plant one fix, but players can’t agree on who will pay for it

August 3, 2013

Local News

A legacy that won’t die

in Silverton a long tradition that some want to return

August 3, 2013

Local News

Superfund: A dirty word to some in Silverton

The Superfund program was created to address the country’s most urgent environmental blights. San Juan County Commissioner Peter McKay said…

August 3, 2013