The most complete records that exist of the Homestake Mining Company’s closure are now resting safely at the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (HARCC.) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. The “death map” tells the ...

Beginning in 1958, a uranium mill owned by Homestake Mining Company of California processed and refined ore mined nearby. The waste it left behind leaked uranium and selenium into groundwater and ...

A mining company and government agencies repeatedly said they’d clean up waste in Homestake, New Mexico. Instead, they’re buying out homeowners. The “death map” tells the story of decades of sickness ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden signed bills Wednesday transferring an old hydroelectric plant in Spearfish Canyon to a ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The amount of post-closure financial assurance for Homestake Mining Company in South Dakota is going up. The state Board of Minerals and Environment has agreed to raise it by ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. The “death map” tells the story of decades of sickness in the small northwest New Mexico communities of Murray Acres and Broadview Acres. Turquoise ...

LEAD - Homestake Mining Co. has shut down its wastewater treatment plant, which the company has operated at its gold mine in Lead for 20 years. When the plant started up in the summer of 1984, it was ...

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. The “death map” tells the story of decades of sickness in the small northwest New Mexico ...

Time and again, a mining company and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen. By Mark Olalde and Maya Miller, ProPublica Published Aug 19, ...

Beginning in 1958, a uranium mill owned by Homestake Mining Co. of California processed and refined ore mined nearby. The waste it left behind leaked uranium and selenium into groundwater and released ...