I’ve known that my 1898 house is set into mine waste since nearly the day I moved in, when I saw mica and pyrite on the basement floor. It was sloughing off the exposed wall beneath the stairs ...

Because of declining silver market prices, the cost of wood to supply the steam engines at the mine and its machinery, and rising costs of processing, the Silver King Mine was closed in 1888.

The mine was then operated by James Murray, a renowned mine owner in Butte, Montana, along with William Neagle and Gus S. Holmes. A 200-ton flotation mill was built near the collar of the shaft.

The mine produced 65,000 ounces of silver and 4,000 ounces of gold between June 1 and Sept. 30 of this year. The mine started in the 1880s and produced $29 million in gold and silver when gold ...

MARYSVALE, Utah (ABC4) — The lightning-caused Silver King fire about three miles west of Marysvale, Utah continues to burn at a rapid pace, fueled by dry and hot weather conditions. In a ...

Silver King and Deer Springs fires continue to rage out of control in southern Utah. ... a gold mine that operated through the 1890s. On the south of Bullion Creek, ...