Mining blogs about: environmental

Starfield Resources Coins Environmentally Friendly Process and Power

Starfield Resources (TSX:SRU) recently announced that it has developed an environmentally friendly way to process ore at its 100% owned Fergson Lake Project in Nunavut where the company has been exploring for, and finding, nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group elements.

It seems that necessity bred invention for Starfield at Ferguson Lake. The method typically [...]

Fly Fishing and Mining: A Natural Match

 
Fly fishing and Mining, can it be? Can they exist in the same sentence?
Most “non-mining people”… (What should I call non-mining people for future reference sake? Hmmm, NMPs! That’ll do…) would shiver at the mention of these two industries in one thought. Most NMPs would never believe or be willing to accept the reality of the strong [...]

Colorado Anti-Mining Bill Hits the Dirt?

The following announcement was released today by Stuart A. Sanderson, President of the Colorado Mining Association:
“Today, the Colorado House of Representatives Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted to postpone indefinitely (kill) House Bill 08-1165.  The sponsors of the amendment had agreed to limit the scope of the bill to amending the prospecting provisions only and, at today’s hearing, [...]

South Park, Colorado Mining: Lack of Foresight

The mining industry of Colorado has come to a grand brink in South Park. For those who are unfamiliar, South Park, Colorado is not just a cartoon with foul mouthed kids. It’s an actual place within a region rich in wilderness, beauty, wildlife, and natural resources. The name “South Park” refers to a sequence of [...]

Leadville, Summitville and Mexico

The growing brouhaha in Leadville is beginning to look like a Fellini film – no, make that “Fargo” the movie. Competing television crews are on street corners hanging behind their reporters-on-assignment who are clutching their camel-hair full length overcoats to their chilly chins looking nervously over their shoulders for fear of avalanche, grizzlies, and the few [...]

Potential Flooding in Leadville, Colorado

There is an underground drainage tunnel in the Leadville historical mining district, Lake County, Colorado that has been determined to be in a state of immediate threat of flooding. This situation is due to obstruction by collapsed material over time and subsequent damming of both mine discharge and ground water. This obstruction has formed a [...]