The owner of a limestone quarry above Glenwood Springs has spent several years arguing that its contentious plan for an exponential expansion of the mine should be expedited under the 1872 Mining Act, ...

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, ...

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 ...

New quarries could be shielded from virtually any county or municipal oversight, including the controversial open-pit limestone mine proposed for Parleys Canyon, under a bill unveiled Monday in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Rocky Mountain Industrials limestone quarry north of Glenwood Springs is officially on notice that it is operating outside the scope of its approved plan of operations and has 30 days to correct ...

The Bureau of Land Management is requesting public feedback about a proposed limestone mine that would be located just east of the Rattlesnake Landfill and north of Wolverine Road in Bingham County.

BENTONVILLE -- A jury voted to allow an application for a limestone quarry in the Cross Hollows area but also set conditions for the mining operation. The panel deliberated for almost two hours Monday ...

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 ...