Gold deposit discovered on ridge visible from Glacier in the North Fork Flathead River-
First it was coal mining, then coal bed methane, now gold; and all the pollution runs into the United States.
Canadian company claims rich gold find north of Glacier National Park, raising concerns. By Michael Jamison. Missoulian
Continue Reading →Nevada wants to keep regulation out of federal hands for selfish reasons
According to the Las Vegas Sun the battle over the huge mercury plume from the recently-closed (again) Jerritt Canyon mine is really over Nevada keeping control of regulating its gold mining industry.
Closing mine part of bigger battle. State wants to keep […]
Continue Reading →The damn thing was closed. They started up again in March-
Thanks to Justin Hayes (Idaho Conservation League efforts), the incredibly toxic Jerrit Canyon gold mine in northern Nevada was shut down in 2008. I thought that was the end of this particular source of mercury pollution (more mercury than many coal fired power plants […]
Continue Reading →Elk City is a very remote small town in north central, Idaho. It is 40 miles up the South Fork of the Clearwater River Canyon from Grangeville (no facilities between them). Despite its remote location, the local streams were badly damaged by placer mining years ago.
Mining companies don’t placer mine much any more. They […]
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