While you may not think of Idaho as a vacation destination ... and it quickly became a booming mining town. The town was ...

Crammed in a narrow canyon of North Idaho's Silver Valley ... An eerie emptiness is palpable in the long shadows of the mountains and abandoned mine site. Aside from a glimpse at its faded ...

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Mining has been a bedrock of Idaho's economy since before the Gem State ... One example is the Triumph Mine east of Ketchum. Long abandoned - but with impacts still being felt today.

Tuesday's announcement is just the latest development in Utah's copper history, especially at Bingham Canyon. Here's how the mine and copper ... a game-changer in the long and rich history here ...

The Pintail Long Term Mineral Extraction Mine would ... from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game on the possible impacts on species and habitat. In a news release April 4, Canyon County ...

BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge in Idaho ruled that the Bureau of Land Management erred in approving a phosphate mine in Caldwell Canyon: it did not consider the indirect effects of processing ore at a ...

BOISE, Idaho— A federal judge on Friday fully vacated a set of approvals by the Bureau of Land Management authorizing development of the Caldwell Canyon phosphate mine in southeastern Idaho. Phosphate ...

A federal judge has yanked approval for a phosphate mining project in southeastern Idaho, saying federal land ... Land Management approved the Caldwell Canyon Mine in 2019. The mine has been ...