Uranium mining in Colorado has a bright future. George Glasier believes that. From his cattle ranch near Nucla, Colo., where sagebrush valleys give way to rugged canyons, Glasier leads a company ...

The state announced Thursday the completion of a nearly year-long effort to extinguish a burning pile of century-old coal mining debris near Florence. The pile of rock, dirt and low-quality coal began ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A Colorado mine in Moffat County will close its doors by Jan. 1, 2026, meaning over 130 workers will be without jobs. The Colowyo Coal Company is located on Highway 13 northeast of ...

A battle is shaping up on the Colorado Plateau between its Native inhabitants and capitalist natural resource plunderers. The government and the speculators will pose the question in terms of property ...

VICTOR, Colo. (KOAA) — The last active gold mine in Colorado sits in Victor, a historic mining city founded in 1891 that has seen its population decline drastically over the past several decades. Now, ...

Currently, all eyes are on the state’s golden aspens — but there’s another glittering treasure hidden beneath the surface. Although many boom towns went bust well over a century ago, underground mine ...

Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a separate group of 12 ...

The death of a tour guide at a Colorado mine tour in October was caused by "operator error," a recently concluded investigation found. Several local and state agencies wrapped up an investigation into ...

Mine waste is an understudied resource containing critical minerals needed for the economy and national security. In addition to exploring the subsurface for critical minerals, the U.S. Geological ...

The historic county courthouse building in Rico, Colorado, was built in 1891. (Eric Krouse via Wikimedia) DENVER (CN) — An oil company that purchased century-old mines in Rico, Colorado, asked the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A tour guide killed at a former Colorado gold mine last year fell out of a crowded elevator taking tourists below ground after apparently not latching its ...