CRESCENT VALLEY – Gold nuggets in mines are not just a thing of the past. Fire Creek is one of the few mines in the world that can boast visible gold ore.
The
underground mine is in Lander County and is about seven miles northwest
of Crescent Valley. The mine is owned by Klondex Mines Ltd.
Klondex acquired the Fire Creek property in 1975. From that time until 1999, Klondex had leased the property to four different companies, said Fire Creek Mine Manager Mike Isaak. Those companies did various stages of exploration. One of the companies even did a production heap leach test, but that didn’t prove out very well due to the nugget effect of the ore, Isaak said.
