SHAFTER, Texas -- A highway sign proclaims Shafter Ghost Town, and on either side of the two-lane blacktop are ruins of stone and adobe structures amid a handful of houses. About 70 years ago this ...

Rich Kyle, a geology professor at the University of Texas who has explored the mine, said the Shafter project is a major step for a state that hasn’t had significant metal production for decades.

Aurcana Corporation is pleased to announce that the commissioning and testing phase has been successfully completed and the Shafter Mine in Texas is now in commercial production.

SHAFTER, Texas — A highway sign proclaims “Shafter Ghost Town,” and on either side of the two-lane blacktop are ruins of stone and adobe structures amid a handful of houses. About 70 years ...

Texas silver mine gets new life after 1942 closure. March 20, 2011 at 3:53 p.m. | Updated March 20, 2011 at 3:53 p.m. by MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press ...

SHAFTER, TX . About 70 years ago this patch of West Texas desert was home to a bustling community and one of the nation's most reliable sources of silver.. That all began to wither in 1942 when a ...

SHAFTER, TX . About 70 years ago this patch of West Texas desert was home to a bustling community and one of the nation's most reliable sources of silver.. That all began to wither in 1942 when a ...

SHAFTER, Texas A highway sign proclaims Shafter Ghost Town, and on either side of the two-lane blacktop are ruins of stone and adobe structures amid a handful of houses. About 70 years ago this patch ...