“The park has not done anything at that site” since it closed for the last time in 1941, said Jeremy Stoltzfus of Death Valley’s Abandoned Mine Lands Program. “We do preservation work on ...

AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev.— Hundreds of new mining claims have been staked within the community of Amargosa Valley, Nevada, on thousands of acres directly adjacent to Death Valley National Park. These new ...

On their way into the Amargosa Valley Community Center Thursday afternoon, two Bureau of Land Management officials passed under a sign that read: “Our Water is Our Future Protect the Amargosa.” In ...

By mid-September, most of the Manson Family had fled the city and assembled in decrepit squatters’ camps and mining cabins in and around Death Valley to await the next chapter of Manson’s dark plan.

The Bureau of Land Management is gathering community input on a potential 20-year mineral withdrawal for more than 300,000 acres of land.

The struggle is particularly acute for mining companies in the middle stages of development, which is known in the industry as the “valley of death.” The Globe’s mining reporter Niall McGee ...