Cody Gilliam said the tranquility of life in Belle Mina in Limestone County is now punctuated by blasts from dynamite. “They have seen their lives upended because of the blasting so far,” said Gilliam ...

For nearly a century, the curve of the Mississippi River just east of Scott City was a hotbed for limestone mining. In 1998, mining stopped. Now, production is back on as the new Grays Point Stone and ...

On Wednesday evening, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a redacted copy of its long-awaited Determination of Common Variety report for the Rocky Mountain Industrials limestone mine, ...

Residents who live near a proposed limestone mine in Deemston Borough raised a number of concerns about air quality, dust, and other issues at a public hearing Monday at the East Bethlehem Volunteer ...

The Bureau of Land Management has concluded there is nothing particularly special about the limestone being mined at the Mid-Continent Limestone Quarry a mile above Glenwood Springs. The decision ...

Parleys Canyon may soon be home to an open-pit limestone quarry, according to a proposal filed with Utah mining regulators this month. A recently formed LLC called Tree Farm proposes using explosives ...

Mines eventually run dry, but the holes and caverns left behind can serve as stable frameworks for the right kind of reuse. Across the globe, limestone and salt mines and rock quarries that long ...

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has shut down a major portion of the Glenwood Springs limestone quarry operated by Rocky Mountain Industrials following a major rockslide incident ...

The limestone quarry proposed for Parleys Canyon is back. Despite intense opposition from Salt Lake County residents and elected officials, proponents of the controversial aggregate mine intend to ...

The mine tailings that Henderson wants to process are on state land, but the BLM oversees mineral rights on state lands. Woolsey said his company only wants to mine the tailings for about a year, to ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - An opposition campaign called "Don't Strip Glenwood" will formally launch Saturday, but there's already growing opposition in the region to a planned mine expansion ...