http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/the-forest-service-fights-placer-mining-with-an-obscure-law A little-known 1955 law gives the Forest Service a way to shut down placer mining claims along some Western rivers. No publisher Marshall Swearingen North Fork Clearwater River placer mining Forest Service Gold Idaho 2013-05-01T15:30:19Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15099 The writer says acid-mine drainage lasts forever, and that’s why Montanans should retain their ban against gold mining using cyanide No publisher Jonathan Windy Boy Gold 2010-02-05T09:44:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14893 The writer attacks a mining company for bankrolling a ballot initiative in Montana that would allow cyanide heap-leach mining to resume No publisher Jeff Milchen Politics Gold 2010-02-05T09:43:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17703 After 18 years, agreements pave the way for a mine on Buckhorn Mountain No publisher Marty Durlin Gold Okanogan Highlands Buckhorn Mountain gold mining 2010-02-05T09:40:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15481 A judge rules that constructing the Rock Creek Mine would jeopardize threatened populations of grizzly and bull trout in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness of Montana No publisher J.M. McCord Wilderness Wilderness Areas Gold Rock Creek Mine Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area grizzly bears bull trout hard-rock mining gold mines silver mines Revett Minerals Troy Mine William Orchow Donald Molloy wilderness protection endangered species threatened species water poll 2010-02-05T09:24:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14974 The Environmental Working Group has a new Web site, "Who owns the West," which gives users a comprehensive look at mining claims on public lands No publisher Dan Wilcock Public Lands 1872 Mining Law Gold Mining claims hardrock mining public lands Environmental Working Group Western Mining Action Project Roger Flynn National Mining Association Luke Popovich 2010-02-05T09:21:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/251/13981 Industry officials say that two new regulations could mean the end of gold-mining in California No publisher Jessica Toubman Gold 2010-02-05T10:12:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/217/10917 The Quechan tribe is fighting the Bush administration's revival of a controversial mine in California's southern Mojave Desert, where Glamis Gold Ltd. plans to mine gold on a site sacred to the tribe. No publisher Matt Weiser Gold 2010-02-05T08:51:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/193/10171 The Cripple Creek & Victor gold mine near Victor, Colo., is the largest open-pit gold mine in the state, and, according to the Sierra Club and the Mineral Policy Center, is also the state's biggest polluter. No publisher Oakley Brooks Gold 2010-02-05T08:33:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/181/5876 In the wake of the Summitville Mine disaster, Colorado environmentalists are following Montana's example and working on initiative to ban cyanide in new open-pit gold mines in the state and to stop expansion of the Cripple Creek & Victor mine. No publisher Mark H. Hunter Gold 2010-02-05T09:02:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/175/5660 The BLM is told it can turn down mines that harm environmental or cultural resources after critics say Glamis Imperial Corp.'s planned open-pit gold mine in southeastern California will hurt Quechan Indian sacred sites and the threatened desert tortoise. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Gold 2010-02-05T09:00:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/159/5157 The BLM orders a two-year moratorium on a cyanide heap-leach gold mine planned by Glamis Imperial Corp. for land in California near Yuma, Ariz., that the Quechan Indians say is sacred. No publisher Taffeta Elliott And Juniper Davis Gold 2010-02-05T09:37:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/158/5118 The Montana Mining Association's lone remaining employee, Executive Director Jill Andrews, blames last November's initiative, which restricts open-pit cyanide heap-leach mining, for destroying her industry in the state. No publisher Tim Westby Gold 2010-02-05T09:37:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/152/4923 The controversial Battle Mountain gold mine in Okanogan, Wash., is denied a plan of operations because - ironically - the mine fails to meet the requirements of the 1872 Mining Law. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Gold 2010-02-05T10:10:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/152/4922 Rafters and environmentalists rejoice because the federal government orders the removal of Ron Pene's controversial gold mine in Utah's Westwater Canyon. No publisher Juniper Davis Gold 2010-02-05T10:10:03Z News Article