The Adirondack Park Agency approved a mining permit for the White Lake Quarry at its meeting last week, but opponents say they'll keep fighting to stop the project.
USGS finds that tailings from Industrial Age iron mines in Upstate New York contain significant quantities of the rare earth elements used in an increasingly …
After the war began, the federal government had offered, upon request, free surveys of strategic minerals in order to utilize the nation's assets. Citing the presence of …
By James M. Odato. No one is asking the state to close a local family's garnet mining operation near the Siamese Ponds Wilderness. No one seeks to send 130 …
Te Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner at the time argued that "defeat of the amendment will cause it [the company] to either shift its …
Mineville Mine Pit. One of the largest iron mining regions in Adirondack Park is around the town of Moriah, near Lake Champlain. In the 1870s underground mines here produced …
De nombreuses villes minières des Adirondacks ont disparu ou sont fortement diminuées, mais la diversité ethnique que les mines ont apportée à la région demeure. Des noms …
In return for allowing mineral sampling and potential expansion of its mine into the constitutionally protected Wilderness, the amendment required NYCO to donate …
As the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) prepares for exploratory mining in the Adirondack Park Forest Preserve, four …
Mining in the Adirondacks. Most visitors to the Adirondack Park are unaware that mining was once a major industry and employer in the region, or that it brought an …