OSBURN, Idaho----Atlas Mining Company has named Morris D.Weiss as Chief Restructuring Officer. His duties will include oversight and management of litigation and property dispositions, advising the Board as to other restructuring matters and such other matters as may be assigned to him by the Board.

Associated Press - November 19, 2008 3:54 PM ET KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) - Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say a massive federal cleanup of mine waste that's been going on in...

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A massive federal cleanup of mine waste that's been going on in northern Idaho for more than a decade will start moving from residential areas to more remote regions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say.

A city in the foothills wants to create jobs by reopening a gold mine, but environmental advocates say the price for those jobs could be too high. Engineer David Watkinson from the Idaho-Maryland Mining Corporation believes up to five million more ounces of gold is waiting to be dug up at the historic mine.

OSBURN, Idaho----Atlas Mining Company has named Morris D.Weiss as Chief Restructuring Officer. His duties will include oversight and management of litigation and property dispositions, advising the Board as to other restructuring matters and such other matters as may be assigned to him by the Board.

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While environmentalists' concerns dominated the Idaho-Maryland Mine meetings last week, proponents of the historic gold producer were out in force at public meetings on Tuesday.

The Butte Tarpons swam with the best in the state in Butte's YMCA pool over the weekend.

Just weeks before leaving office, the Interior Department's top lawyer has shifted half a dozen key deputies -- including two former political appointees who have been involved in controversial environmental decisions -- into senior civil service posts.