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After the Boom: Franklin Ngalim's mission to change the future of mining at home " 'No one is coming to save us"
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (478+ words) The tour took Franklin and 16 other students from Western Colorado University and several other colleges to communities that support, or supported, hard rock mines to learn what the impacts of poorly regulated mining can look like. GUNNISON, Colorado: You'd be…...
Oil, gas firms tout opportunities, call for regulatory certainty, faster permitting
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (309+ words) Representatives of oil and gas companies operating in western Colorado's Piceance Basin and elsewhere in the state recently voiced optimism about their energy development opportunities but also hopes for faster permitting and more regulatory certainty that could foster more drilling....
COLUMN: 1914 Ludlow Massacre took lives of 25 miners and family members
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (474+ words) On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a machine-gun-equipped armored car called the Death Special. Trump is building…...
Denver's famous gems and mineral display goes underground until 2027; The Coors Hall of Gems and Minerals has some of the state's most treasured pieces of gold, topaz and rhodochrosite. A $30 million renovation to reimagine the collection begins April 15.
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (697+ words) Tom's Baby," the largest piece of gold ever found in Colorado, on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in the Coors Hall of Gems & Minerals. The hunk of gold weighs 13 pounds and was discovered in 1887 in Breckenridge....
Local Water Quality and Mines meeting set
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (21+ words) Montrose Daily Press Have any questions? Please give us a call at 970-249-3444...