...staff. The problems have occurred during "very wet periods," he said. The activity of heavy trucks at the mine construction site is churning gravel into a muddy cocktail of fine particles - basically glacial flour - that is resisting the usual...

...violations of state water quality standards. After receiving a tip, DEC inspectors in early November visited the mine construction site and discovered significant discharges of sediment into Johnson Creek from the Coeur Alaska-operated site. The...

...Corp., the Idaho-based owner of the mine, Thursday morning. Already, 200 employees are working at the gold mine construction site 45 miles northwest of downtown Juneau, but their activity has been muted since late November, when the Corps...