The Lawrence County Planning and Zoning Commission thinks Valentine Mining Company's plan to dig for gold just over the rim of scenic Spearfish Canyon should go forward. Last week the commission unanimously recommended approval of the Deadwood Standard Project... assuming…
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HB 1098 won't stop Canadian company Powertech from mining for uranium in the southern Black Hills; it only restores the state's authority to regulate such environmentally hazardous activities. Watch "We Are the Land: Uranium Mining in the Black Hills," a…
Rep. Patricia Stricherz (R-8/Winfred) is contending for the title of My Favorite Republican in this year's Legislative session... which I suspect means she'll get more cold shoulder from her fellow District 8 Republican Russell Olson. Rep. Stricherz is already poking…
On the heels of state approval of Wharf Resources' expanded mining near Terry Peak, state officials are now talking with Valentine Mining about gouging out another chunk of the Black Hills. Miners would like to make the Ragged Top Mountain…
South Dakota's Board of Minerals and Environment has given Wharf Resources permission to continue the legacy of General Custer and expand its gold mining operations near the base of Terry Peak here in the Black Hills. Mr. Mercer reports that…
Last month Congresswoman Kristi Noem followed her GOP House leaders and voted for HR 1904, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act. On the surface, HR 1904 seems like a pretty good deal: the federal government trades 2422 acres…
Time to clear the queue! Here are some energy and environment notes from all the tabs crowding the top of my browser: If we can get rid of direct payments to farmers, surely we can get rid of $24 billion…
Credit Interested Party Larry Kurtz with this scoop: an old mining slag pile on the edge of Deadwood has collapsed into Whitewood Creek. Kurtz appears to have alerted local law enforcement and Game Fish and Parks officials about the slag…