BUTTE, Mont. — Tuesday marks the 104th anniversary of the worst hard rock mining disaster in American history. On June 8, 1917, and in its coming days, the Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine Fire in ...

CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — Wednesday was the first day Chester County residents could voice concerns to state health officials about a proposed granite mine. Virginia-based company Luck Stone is planning ...

BAKER CITY — The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to remove waste rock and soil from several abandoned gold mines near Granite that contain concentrations of arsenic and other toxic substances that ...

At its height in the 1880s, Granite and its outskirts counted 6,000 residents, though today little but foundations remain. The first silver discovery near what became Granite, a few miles up in the ...