The world’s hunger for molybdenum keeps the Climax mine running 24/7 — even after more than a century of extraction
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An Old West power couple cuts a swath from Georgetown to the Eastern Plains
In “Wild Times and True Tales from the High Plains,” author Matt Vincent recounts the tumultous love affair between a prominent madame and legendary bully.
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Sale of Ouray silver mine leaves creditors owed $60 million in the cold
OURAY — The recent $1.8 million sale of a historic silver mine above Ouray will leave its creditors — who collectively are owed upward of $60 million — almost entirely out in the cold with no clear path to recouping their losses. The Revenue-Virginius Mine in Yankee Boy Basin was auctioned off in early August […]
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Minturn weighs final settlement to end 15 years of wrangling with big-dream developer, lender
Florida developer Bobby Ginn promised Minturn about $160 million in perks if voters annexed 5,000 acres where he planned a private ski resort with 1,700 homes. A final deal 15 years later could bury the ghost of Ginn with $150,000 and 250 acres in exchange for approval for up to 250 homes.
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Colorado company seeking to mine Nebraska for rare earth minerals needed in EVs signs deal with carmaker
Centennial-based NioCorp announces tentative deal as it secure $1.1 billion need to establish mine 80 miles south of Omaha
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The final ski to protest the expansion of mining on Crested Butte’s Red Lady mountain after a 46-year fight
Two Crested Butte skiers plan a Red Lady protest ski to stir support for the final round of a decades-long fight to block molybdenum mining on Mount Emmons.
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Massive rock slide halts operations at Glenwood Springs quarry. Mine opponents call for shut-down, investigation.
Federal and state mining regulators are investigating the rock slide at the quarry owned by Rocky Mountain Industrials, which is proposing a controversial mine expansion
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Silver dream goes bust: Ouray mine faces lawsuits for $10M in unpaid bills
After big plans to revive the famed Revenue Mine, the current owners Ouray Silver Mines shut down and are in receivership after defaulting on $28 million loan
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Echoes of a buried past carry from the pauper’s section of a Leadville cemetery all the way to Ireland’s shores
Denver history professor Jim Walsh sees his “life’s work,” with help from both sides of the Atlantic, lead to both memorial and reconnection .
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How do you keep Colorado hikers from falling 300 feet down a mine shaft? Foam.
Since 1980, the Colorado division of mining and the Forest Service have gated and plugged more than 13,000 inactive mines, often using expanding foam