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• Judge OKs Sunshine Mine sale

  May 7, 2010 in Business on Page A12 Sterling Mining Co. can sell its interest in the Sunshine Mine to pay its creditors, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Terry Myers ruled Thursday. The ruling allows Silver Opportunity Partners LLC …

• Attorneys make case for mine’s quick sale

  May 4, 2010 in Business on Page A7 Sterling Mining Co. is flat broke, its attorneys said Monday, while arguing for a quick sale of the Sunshine Mine’s lease during a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The debt-ridden …

• Mine bidder has deep pockets

  May 1, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 A private partnership that bid $24 million for the Sunshine Mine is owned by the New York-based Electrum Group of Companies, a worldwide investor in gold, silver and platinum mines. …

• Sunshine Mine sale advances

  April 23, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 A Dallas company has emerged as the top bidder for Sterling Mining Co., which controls the historic Sunshine Mine near Kellogg. With a cash bid of $24 million, Silver Opportunity …

• Texas firm top bidder for Sterling Mining Co.

  April 22, 2010 in Business, Idaho A Dallas, Texas, company has emerged as the top bidder for Sterling Mining Co., which controls the historic Sunshine Mine near Kellogg. 1

• Sterling Mining proposes $1.25 million penalty

  March 18, 2010 in Business on Page A7 A North Idaho company offered to pay a $1.25 million penalty over unpaid smelter royalties from the Sunshine Mine near Big Creek, Idaho. Sterling Mining Co. reached the proposed agreement …

• Portion of Sunsine Mine collapses; no injuries reported

  February 4, 2010 in Idaho A portion of the closed Sunshine Mine complex in Idaho’s Silver Valley has collapsed, and there were no injuries.

• Mining company auction delayed

  February 3, 2010 in Business on Page A10 A federal bankruptcy judge has given Sterling Mining Co. another four months before the company, which controls the lease of the historic Sunshine Mine near Kellogg, is auctioned off. The …

• Judge delays Sterling Mining auction

  February 2, 2010 in Business A federal bankruptcy judge has given Sterling Mining Co. another four months before the company, which controls the lease of the historic Sunshine Mine near Kellogg, is auctioned off.

• Amid silver’s steady rise, sides fight over mine lease

  October 20, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Nine months after the Sunshine Mine’s operators filed for bankruptcy, a court battle is heating up over control of the historic silver mine. Sterling Mining Co. reopened the Sunshine Mine …

• Sterling Mining hit with $50,000 fine

  September 29, 2009 in Idaho Sterling Mining Co. has been fined $50,000 for violations of its federal pollution discharge permit at the Sunshine Mine and Mill complex in Idaho’s Silver Valley.

• Bankruptcy sets workers adrift

  March 5, 2009 in Idaho on Page A8 Norman Welch wonders if regular e-mails can take the place of the daily conversations with his teenage sons, or make it easier for his 4-year-old to adjust to an absent …

• Sterling Mining to file for bankruptcy today

  March 3, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Embattled Sterling Mining Co. expects to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, company officials announced Monday. Roger Van Voorhees, who was recently appointed president, said filing for bankruptcy will …

• Mining firm weighs options

  February 24, 2009 in Business on Page A7 Sterling Mining Co. was expected to vacate its lease of the storied Sunshine Mine today, five months after ceasing operations and almost six years after it signed a 15-year lease …

• Sterling vacates Sunshine Mine lease

  February 23, 2009 in Business, City Sterling Mining Co. was expected to vacate its lease of the storied Sunshine Mine today, five months after ceasing operations and almost six years after it signed a 15-year lease …

• Creditors file claims against Sterling

  January 30, 2009 in Idaho on Page A10 Creditors have filed a flurry of lawsuits against Sterling Mining Co., saying the operators of the historic Sunshine Mine near Big Creek, Idaho, have run up nearly $2 million in …

• In brief: Sterling Mining gets new CEO

  January 13, 2009 in Business on Page A8 John Ryan has taken over as president and chief executive officer of Sterling Mining Co., which controls the historic Sunshine Mine in Big Creek, Idaho. The underground silver mine stopped …