The Boom and Bust Cycles of Rock Springs, Wyoming By Krista Stevens Highlight “The day I turned 18, the Astro Lounge called and asked me to come strip for them. I have no idea how they knew I’d turned 18.”
Mining Britain’s Recent Past to Save Our Future By Katie Kosma Highlight If the historically coal-reliant United Kingdom can come off the black stuff, can the United States?
The Healing Crystal Community Needs to Confront Its Connection to Dubious Mining Operations By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Maybe healing your body and Mother Earth with crystals extracted by environmentally dubious means isn’t the best approach to healing.
And How Much of These Hills Is Gold By Longreads Feature In this short story, the children of Chinese miners in the frontier West struggle to survive after their parents’ death.