Results for keyword: Metals, Other
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More than numbers: The dead of Idaho's Sunshine Mine
In The Deep Dark, Gregg Olsen tells the tragic story of the 1972 fire in the Sunshine Mine in Idaho’s Silver Valley, which took the lives of 91 men
by Stephen J. Lyons, May 16, 2005 -
Silver Valley residents sue for damages
A class-action lawsuit could force five former mining companies to pay for a medical monitoring program detecting health effects from lead and arsenic contamination for 100,000 people in the Coeur d'Alene Basin.
by Matthew Preusch, Apr 15, 2002 -
Nevada tribe says kitty litter plan stinks
The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony of Hungry Valley, Nev., is fighting Oil-Dri Corporation's plan to mine clay on nearby public land and process it into kitty litter.
by Matt Jenkins, Sep 10, 2001 -
Coalition ushers a mine off sacred ground
A coalition of Indian tribes and the Sierra Club finally shuts down Arizona Tufflite's White Vulcan Mine in the San Francisco Peaks, which produced pumice for stone-washed jeans on land Indians hold sacred.
by Christopher McLeod, Sep 11, 2000 -
Farm it or mine it?
Local farmers are fighting a proposed gravel mine on 550 acres of fertile farmland near the Willamette River north of Eugene, Oregon.
by Kayley Mendenhall, Aug 14, 2000 -
Mining out the middleman
In Montana, the Stillwater Mining Co. and local citizens' groups have signed a legally binding "good neighbor" agreement that holds the palladium mine to strict environmental standards in exchange for environmentalists agreeing to drop a lawsuit.
by Eric Whitney, Jul 31, 2000 -
Neighborly mining negotiations sour
In Montana, a consensus effort between environmental groups and the Stillwater Mining Co. have stalled over the mine's insistence that environmental data be kept secret and lawsuits not allowed.
by Robyn Morrison, Mar 13, 2000 -
Mining may need some brakes
The Mineral Policy Center's new report, "Six Mines, Six Mishaps," says that outmoded mining regulations can be environmental disasters, while the National Academy of Sciences' report, "Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands," defends the existing laws.
by Ali Macalady, Nov 08, 1999 -
The big picture
F.E. Bill DuBois has taken photos of Nevada mines from his plane for 24 years - a visual history that is now being exhibited in California.
by Rebecca Clarren, Mar 15, 1999 -
Proposed mine threatens ecosystem
Activists fear a proposed nickel mine on Rough and Ready Creek in Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest could harm a unique ecosystem.
by Shea Andersen And Dustin Solberg, Oct 12, 1998






