A look inside efforts to clean up mining industry 'black eye'
The Gilt Edge Mine in the Black Hills was abandoned years ago. Officials are still working to clean up the aftermath.
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The Gilt Edge Mine in the Black Hills was abandoned years ago. Officials are still working to clean up the aftermath.
A Canadian-based gold producer, Agnico Eagle, wants to re-open a mine in the northern Black Hills that’s been closed for more than two decades. With gold prices at or near historic highs, the company now has exploration permits for the abandoned site west of Lead.
DEADWOOD, S.D. – Aspects of a two-decade-long cleanup at an abandoned Black Hills gold mine are pausing because a company might want to re-mine it. The Gilt Edge Mine was abandoned in 1999 when its operator, Brohm Mining, went bankrupt. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took over the site the next year. The EPA’s Joy […]