Libby, Montana, sits on the banks of the Kootenay River in the far northwest corner of the state, closer to the Canadian border than any major city. In the summer, the hills are ripe with ...

William A. Clark, established a solid copper mining operation at the United Verde Mine with smelters onsite at Jerome and later Clarkdale. Mining accelerated in the Verde Mining District as the area ...

The towns of Gleeson and Courtland along the old ghost town trail have an extensive history of mining operations. They are located three miles apart in the Turquoise Mining district in the ...

On Jan. 9, 1925, D.B. Dow of the U.S. Bureau of Mines wrote a letter to University of Wyoming President Arthur Crane urging ...

Representatives from Ely Township and the Barnes-Hecker 100th Anniversary Committee Thursday came together for a ceremonial ...

Thirty years is a long time, but for many Silver Valley residents, it feels like just yesterday when the community gathered ...

Read about the mining progress, political activities, and local news in Fairplay, Colorado, from 100 years ago.