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Joe McCarthy of the Comstock Residents Assocation is fighting a proposed mining operation in his Silver City neighborhood.
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ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Barrick Gold Corp. has completed the sale of two large gold mines in northeast Nevada — Round Mountain and Bald Mountain — to Kinross…
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Federal officials say U.S. mining industry deaths reached an all-time low in 2015.Preliminary data from the Department of Labor says…
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A new mining project near Tonopah is set to go forward.The Pahrump Valley Times reports the project is west of the city and about 720 acres in size.WK…
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Barrick Gold Corp. is selling its interest in some Nevada mines for $720 million in cash to help pare debt and focus more on core parts of its…
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The Cortez Hills underground mine near Crescent Valley is looking to expand.The Elko Daily Free Press reports Barrick Gold has filed paperwork to be able…
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DENVER (AP) — Beneath the western United States lie thousands of old mining tunnels filled with the same toxic stew that spilled into a Colorado river…
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Molycorp’s bankruptcy filing wasn’t entirely unexpected.But, it’s ultimate impact on the Mountain Pass mine – an hour south of Las Vegas and the only U.S.…
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The closure of a state highway between Carson City and Virginia City has reopened a debate about the impacts of new digging for gold and silver around the…
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Aerial photographer Michael Light recently published the third installment in his series "Some Dry Space: An Inhabited West," and the 52 photographs…