Jan. 21—A sign above Montana History teacher Kris Schreiner's classroom alerts Kalispell Middle School eighth graders that they are entering Alder Gulch to mine for gold and garnets. Alder Gulch, was ...

Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part series. Montana is known for trout fishing and Glacier National Park, but perhaps less known and just as important to the state's identity is its railroad ...

The state Supreme Court reinstated a key permit for the proposed Black Butte Copper Project. An underground copper mine in Montana near the Smith River that’s drawn legal fire from environmental ...

Editor's note: This is Part Two of a two-part series. It looms in the distance, 5 miles from Interstate 90 and reaching 585 feet into the sky. The brick smokestack between Anaconda and Butte looms as ...

Nestled up high in the heart of an expansive, pine-covered mountain range is the long-abandoned Garnet, Montana's self-proclaimed "best preserved ghost town." Founded in the late 1800s, this ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Technological University is preparing to celebrate the 125th anniversary of its mining engineering program with a three-day series of events Sept. 25–27. Themed “From Butte ...

Kalispell Middle School teacher Kris Schreiner demonstrates how to use a sluice to eighth-graders, from left, Shyann Richsel, Hallie Granley and Kaylee Whitten during a lesson on panning for gold, ...