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  • Hyder Alaska Stewart B.C. Canada COVID-19 mining history gold rush

    Friendliest mining ghost town in Alaska

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 3, 2020

    Resting on the eastern fringe of the Misty Fjords National Monument, at the head of Portland Canal, the Southeast Alaska mining town of Hyder survives through a symbiotic relationship with Stewart, a British Columbia mining town that lies just two miles (3.2 kilometers) to the east. Persisting for over a century as a town that identifies more closely with its Canadian neighbor than distant Alaska towns, Hyder found its lifeline being nearly cut off by the coronavirus...

  • Niblack VMS copper gold silver zinc mine project Prince of Wales Island Alaska

    McLeod to take the helm at Heatherdale

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    There are signs of renewed life for the Niblack copper-gold-zinc-silver project on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Heatherdale Resources Ltd., the company that owns Niblack, advanced the potential underground mine nearly to the permitting stage but became hampered by financial liabilities. A deal announced on June 3 cleans up Heatherdale's balance sheet and puts Rob McLeod at the helm of the restructured company. According to a resource calculated in 2011, Niblack...

  • Stewart is now once again showing itself as a most ideal location for mining

    Deep roots beget renaissance for Stewart

    A.J. Roan, For Mining News|Updated Sep 25, 2020

    Northern British Columbia is known for its remote and rugged towns and few places can match that description as well as Stewart, a community at the southern tip of the province's famed Golden Triangle with deep mining roots. Located just across the border from the Southeast Alaska panhandle and at the head of what is called the Portland Canal, this town was built on the backs of pioneers and has retained much of its frontier history. Originally the land around Stewart was the...