mining

After a 6.5 magnitude earthquake rattle most of Idaho Tuesday evening the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) announced most drilling and mine operations have not reported major damage.

The old mining town isn’t alone. It’s a problem across rural Idaho.

It could also better assist with policies designed to limit wildfires.

The national debt could be wiped away by Idaho’s mineral wealth.

There are many new tools available for mining but the effort remains dark, wet, dirty and sometimes deadly.

The Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Wallace, Idaho may not be enormous but it’s certainly a great place for anyone who loves trains.

Some are expected to pay in the neighborhood of 100-thousand dollars a year.

A federal judge is holding the Atlanta Gold mining company in contempt of court for allowing arsenic and iron to enter a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Boise River

DENVER (AP) — A Republican lawmaker is assailing a list of proposals for limiting Western mining to protect the vulnerable sage grouse, while an environmental group says  it's a chance for the new administration to help with conservation.

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency may open the Clearwater River's South Fork to limited mining next year, and officials say they won't take action to stop dredge mining currently under way.