Silver mining is the extraction of silver by mining. Silver is a precious metal and holds high economic value. Because silver is often found in intimate...

Warren (Bisbee) Globe Silver mining in Arizona was a powerful stimulus for exploration and prospecting in early Arizona. Cumulative silver production through...

Silver mining in Nevada, a state of the United States, began in 1858 with the discovery of the Comstock Lode, the first major silver-mining district in...

Silver mining in Colorado has taken place since the 1860s. In the past, Colorado called itself the Silver State. (Nevada also calls itself the Silver...

Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that...

Silver mining in the United States began on a major scale with the discovery of the Comstock Lode in Nevada in 1858. The industry suffered greatly from...

Troy Elkhorn Philipsburg Montana silver mining was a major industry in the 1800s following discovery of numerous silver deposits. Between 1883 and 1891...

means "Silver Rock". The settlement was originally named Skalice hor stříbrných, i.e. "The Rock of Silver Mountains". The name reflects the long mining history...

Hecla Mining is a gold, silver, and other precious metals mining company based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Founded in 1891, it is the second-largest mining company...

for the advances in mining technology that it spurred, such as square set timbering and the Washoe process for extracting silver from ore. The mines declined...

by mineral production Silver mining List of mines in Mexico Holland, Luke (2023). "The Mexican Mining Industry: A Mecca for Mining". Resource World Magazine...

for the United States. Copper mining also produces gold and silver as byproducts. Byproduct molybdenum from copper mining makes Arizona the nation's second-largest...

Serbia. Peru, Bolivia and Mexico have been mining silver since 1546, and are still major world producers. Top silver-producing mines are Cannington (Australia)...

empty lot on Fremont Street. In the mid-1880s, the silver mines penetrated the water table and the mining companies made significant investments in specialized...

in 2012 it was the world's 9th largest silver producer. In 2013 the company changed its name to Coeur Mining, Inc. from Coeur d'Alene Mines and moved...

the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production and forestry for centuries, and is the site of high...

the 1880s, it was a gold and silver mining town with a population of around 2,500 and approximately 75 businesses. Silver City served as county seat of...

Pan American Silver Corporation is a mining company based in Canada with operations in Latin America. The company has mines and other projects in Mexico...

Potosi. Relatively simple mining and processing techniques of the Incas and other indigenous people dominated American silver mining for the early part of...

Silver Plume is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. Silver Plume is a former silver mining camp along Clear Creek...

later named Silver Hill, operations began at the site in 1839 under the Washington Mining Company. Increasing difficulties extracting the silver from ore...

eighty-five percent of the silver produced in the central Andes during this time came from Cerro Rico. As a result of mining operations in the mountain...

First Majestic Silver Corp. is a Canadian silver-mining company that operates in Mexico and the United States. It has four producing mines under its control:...

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. ("Fortuna") is a Canada-based precious metals mining company with operations in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mexico...

included silver, and minor amounts of rhenium and platinum-group metals. Sulfuric acid is recovered at copper smelters. From the start of copper mining in the...

Hochschild Mining plc is a leading British-based silver and gold mining business operating in North, Central, and South America. It is headquartered in...

Mount Hamilton and to the northwest of Mokomoke Hill. It is noted for a silver mining boom in the late 1860s: between 1867 and 1880, the total production...

Mining in France is based solely on the nature of the material, whether extracted from the surface or underground. These include fuels (coal, hydrocarbons...

Nye County, Nevada, United States. Nicknamed the Queen of the Silver Camps for its mining-rich history, it is now primarily a tourism-based resort city...

Mining in Bolivia has been a dominant feature of the Bolivian economy as well as Bolivian politics since 1557. Colonial era silver mining in Bolivia,...