In 2015, the mine’s $14 million bill accounted for 70 percent of all property taxes collected in Clear Creek County (population 10,000) and about 36 percent of the county budget.

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has granted approval to Hurricane Creek Mining to commence coal mining operations on ...

Clear Creek County’s Henderson Mine is resuming operations after a sustained decline in the molybdenum market suspended mine development last year.. Citing an uptick in the moly market ...

On top of the mining board's fines, El Dorado County charged Hardesty with mining and grading without permits, working despite stop orders, releasing sediment into Weber Creek, violating zoning ...

The Dec. 30, 1970, explosion at Finley Mines 15 and 16 on Hurricane Creek killed 38 of 39 miners and would expose fatal gaps in mining inspection and enforcement.

Back in 1939, up through the 50s and early 60s, the old cable (used for mining) was still up at the mine. Mr. Burtis’s dad (the Burtis family mined turquoise in the Cripple Creek area for ...

While Montana's Abandoned Mine Land Program (AML) has successfully taken on close to 300 projects across the state since its establishment in 1980, the project at Belt Creek counts as one of the ...

The swollen banks of the Big Muddy River are seen May 17, 2019, in Zeigler. Dave Freeman is concerned about what the Pond Creek pipeline proposal could mean for his campsite.

While Montana's Abandoned Mine Land Program (AML) has successfully taken on close to 300 projects across the state since its establishment in 1980, the project at Belt Creek counts as one of the ...

The coal mine supervisor—my father—okayed our using the dump and a little company lumber to construct a blockhouse, ... Auk XXXI, the last rocket of the Big Creek Missile Agency, ...

Long awaited project to clean acid mine drainage from Belt Creek projected to be completed by the end of summer 2024. ... The sludge will be hauled out into big ditches where we let it de-water.