The US government is hunting for rare metals out West. That doesn’t fly with some locals.

The US government is hunting for rare metals out West. That doesn’t fly with some locals.

Post Views: 125 In September 2020, geologist Jay Temple began living part-time at an RV park just outside Westcliffe, Colorado, a small high-altitude town. Located between two sets of mountains—the craggy Sangre de Cristos and the Wet Mountains—it is a geologist’s heaven. In Custer County’s Wet Mountain Valley, Temple investigates old reports of mineral deposits…