Montana's history is rich with stories of mining. In Helena there was gold, in Butte it was copper, but just off the banks of the Missouri River and Hauser Lake, there's a different type of mining ...

HELENA – Federal mine safety officials say the owner of a central Montana sapphire mine was killed in March when rock loosened by underground blasting fell on him while he was stockpiling ore. The ...

HELENA — Federal mine safety officials say the owner of a central Montana sapphire mine was killed in March when rock loosened by underground blasting fell on him while he was stockpiling ore.

I have heard that sapphires can be found near Butte. Is this true? Where do they come from? — A Butte resident The answer to your first question is simple — yes. Your second question is an excellent ...

HELENA, Mont. — Federal mine safety officials say a former Fairbanks man who owned a central Montana sapphire mine was killed in March when rock loosened by underground blasting fell on him while he ...

HELENA, Mont. —Federal mine safety officials say a former Fairbanks man who owned a central Montana sapphire mine was killed in March when rock loosened by underground blasting fell on him while he ...

A Sapphire Symposium will be held Friday through Monday, July 23-26, at the Mineral Museum on the Montana Tech campus in Butte. The symposium is sponsored by the Mineral Museum and the National ...