mining

If you’re a little creeped out by ghost towns, imagine living in one. But one town in Washington isn’t quite as vacant or spooky as you might think.

Lewis Somers looked a bit like a prospector with his sun hat tipped back, eyes glued to the ground and tools strapped to his belt. Last week, you could…

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho – Idaho is losing one of its oldest silver mining companies to Chicago. The Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation announced Wednesday it…

The high price of silver is bringing one of the Northwest's oldest silver mines back online. The Sunshine Mine in north Idaho is known for one of the…

Later this month, the Lucky Friday Mine in north Idaho will begin rehiring workers. It closed seven months ago for federally mandated safety improvements. Now, as the mine prepares to re-open, the family of one dead miner is speaking out for the first time. They believe the company still hasn’t taken responsibility for what happened.