Segment Reporting (Details)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) customer	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) customer	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments									2
Revenues	$ 423,625	$ 1,134,795	$ 1,491,276	$ 2,020,521	$ 2,622,069	$ 4,345,073	$ 5,488,291	$ 6,037,417	$ 5,070,217	$ 18,492,850	$ 25,583,361
Cost and Expenses									(15,283,561)	(30,918,363)	(34,276,067)
Operating Loss	(2,447,913)	$ (1,667,446)	$ (2,268,327)	$ (3,829,658)	(5,603,691)	$ (3,969,659)	$ (1,178,995)	$ (1,673,168)	(10,213,344)	(12,425,513)	(8,692,706)
Other expense, net									(2,751,360)	1,971,086	(946,067)
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES									(12,964,704)	(10,454,427)	(9,638,773)
Capital Expenditures									3,540,491	7,493,445	6,887,532
Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion									5,893,783	7,727,433	6,876,322
Assets	33,843,031				43,212,891				$ 33,843,031	$ 43,212,891	46,455,872
Number of Customers | customer									1	1
Mining
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									$ 4,944,627	$ 18,245,633	24,736,929
Cost and Expenses									(15,101,138)	(30,575,729)	(33,015,095)
Capital Expenditures									340,491	7,478,782	6,475,782
Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion									5,763,293	7,607,677	6,744,008
Assets	27,829,802				41,886,124				27,829,802	41,886,124	45,029,258
Real estate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									125,590	247,217	846,432
Cost and Expenses									(182,423)	(342,634)	(1,260,972)
Capital Expenditures									3,200,000	14,663	411,750
Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion									130,490	119,756	132,314
Assets	$ 6,013,229				$ 1,326,767				6,013,229	1,326,767	1,426,614
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Loss									(10,213,344)	(12,425,513)	(8,692,706)
Operating Segments | Mining
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Loss									(10,156,511)	(12,330,096)	(8,278,166)
Operating Segments | Real estate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Loss									(56,833)	(95,417)	(414,540)
Segment Reconciling Items
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other expense, net									$ (2,751,360)	$ 1,971,086	$ (946,067)