Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Records obtained by PEER through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed that this Mojave mine is just one of 1,067 ...

An undated photo of angler fishing in the Pecos River. The federal government issued a temporary ban of all new mining claims and leases on 165,000 acres of Upper Pecos watershed on Thursday, Dec.

A third-generation gold miner from Michigan and an off-road organization have sued the federal government to overturn the designation of the sweeping Chuckwalla National Monument in the California ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) — The Department of Interior has announced a two-year pause on new mining claims near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to the pause, officials say they will ...