MISSOULA, Mont. — The Bureau of Land Management has approved a five-year plan for sapphire mining in Lewis and Clark County. The McCune Bar sapphire mine will cover 6.1 acres about a quarter-mile ...
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office is asking for public feedback on a proposed sapphire mining project just a quarter-mile inland from the northeast shore of Hauser ...
Of all the jewelry trends I’ve reported on in 2023, advances in environmentally sustainable gemstone mining, plus ethical treatment of gemstone miners, are the most heartening. These trends are ...
Walt Teats, a goldsmith at the Yogo Sapphire Jewelry Co. in Great Falls, wants to see the state government work with mine interests to jump-start mining in Yogo Gulch, the area 12 miles south of Utica ...