4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (803+ words) Helicopters, artificial intelligence, and geology are giving a modern mining company a second shot at finding gold in historic Wyoming mines. The company believes there's a hidden gold belt and technology allows them to see 400 meters below the surface. Some…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1793+ words) Russia's state-run nuclear company owned Wyoming uranium assets until 2021. How that happened remains murky, wrapped in closed federal reviews. "No one knows how they got permits," says the CEO of the U. S. company that eventually bought out the Russians. For nearly…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1830+ words) John Wold's impact on Wyoming's " and America's " mining industry were so important he was dubbed the state's "Man of the Century" when he died at age 100. He "revolutionized the way our nation extracts minerals today, said U. S. Sen. John Barrasso. CASPER…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1833+ words) An A-frame cabin at Fossil Butte National Monument was the home for a fossil miner as he discovered Wyoming artifacts. It also is linked to the poisoning of Wyoming's only convicted female cattle rustler. An A-frame hut that now has…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1808+ words) In March 1895, a 13-year-old coal miner in Almy, Wyoming, was almost finished with his shift when he heard a "voice" tell him to "go home." He did, then an explosion killed 62 of his coworkers. A hardworking 13-year-old coal miner recalled'hearing…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1432+ words) American Rare Earths is weighing building a processing facility for hard-to-find heavy rare earth metals at its Halleck Creek mine near Wheatland. It's a move that could boost Wyoming jobs as it helps cut U. S. dependence on China for critical minerals....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1946+ words) Growing up in Wyoming's Atlantic City was tough. Childhood ended as soon as a kid could swing an axe. This was no Victorian picture-book village. This was a mining town clinging to a dusty slope in the high country where…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1312+ words) CHEYENNE " What started Monday as a straightforward hearing on letting Wyoming run the federal mineral leasing program turned into a debate over something far bigger " whether the state should formally acknowledge that the federal government owns the land beneath its…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (843+ words) Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Monday said that state is petitioning a federal legislative panel to reverse its decision to kill the $17. 85 billion, 3, 500-well Jonah Field expansion. The ruling "is a direct assault on Wyoming's economy," Gordon said. The state…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (603+ words) Former State Sen. Eli Bebout writes, "Nuclear power " especially the new generation " offers Wyoming a path not to remain an energy leader, and to expand our economic strength, stabilize communities, and secure a cleaner, more reliable energy future. Wyoming has…...