Galena's silver lining: New firm hopes to make mine profitable.

Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) | March 4, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Stories Becky Kramer

Mar. 4--SILVERTON, Idaho -- Mark Hartmann scanned the walls of the Galena Mine, looking for a tell-tale sparkle in the darkness. In the beam from his head lamp, a seam of rock glistened smoky-blue. The glint came from a lead vein; the duller gray rock around it signaled the presence of silver. Silver-lead mineralization -- called galena -- is prevalent in its namesake mine. But it's been four decades since miners drilled and blasted in this tunnel, located about a 1/2-mile below the earth's surface. "I don't mean to sound ...

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