Friday, May 27, 2016 10:04 AM Updated Tuesday, May. 31, 2016 1:38 PM The mining boom is long over for San Juan County, though as thrifty real estate hunters are aware, it left in its wake a trove of ...

Rather than taking the long, tedious and strenuous process of prospecting, locating and filing new mining claims, you can purchase existing mining claims that are subject to tax arrears. Such old ...

The reappraisals hit Pitkin County property owners hard this year but none felt the sting quite like those possessing patented mining claims. The Pitkin County Assessor’s Office determined that a ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. After the House of Representatives passed legislation that would allow mining ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Creede – By the time the last silver mine closed here in 1985, the profitable Creede Mining District had produced more than 50 million troy ounces of silver ...