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.

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 ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Environmentalists have asked Montana regulators to suspend permits for two silver mines citing concerns over the track record of the president of the company behind the ...

As of Monday, July 15, 2024, the Silver King Fire had burned more than 17,600 acres of Utah's Piute County near Marysvale. (KUTV Photo) ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — A proposed silver and copper mine beneath northwestern Montana’s Cabinet Mountains Wilderness cleared a significant hurdle Tuesday with the completion of an environmental ...

MARYSVALE, Utah (ABC4) — The Silver King fire that has been raging just three miles west of Marysvale, Utah in the Fishlake National Forest had “no significant growth” on Sunday, July 14 ...

The Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area, created by Congress in 1964 in Montana's extreme northwest corner, is an integral part of the Kootenai and Kaniksu National Forests. The roughly 97,000-acre ...

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 ...

The Silver King Fire has reached an estimated 2,830 acres -- quadrupling in size in just a few hours.Utah Fire authorities initially reported on the Silver King ...

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.

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, ...

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today reported the highest silver reserves in its more than 130-year history and provided an update on its exploration ...