Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current:
Federal	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Deferred:
Federal	0	0	0
Income taxes provision	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Reconciliation of Tax Rate:
Federal statutory rate	(34.00%)	(34.00%)	(34.00%)
Change in valuation allowance	34.00%	33.80%	32.00%
Other	(0.00%)	0.20%	2.00%
Effective income tax rate	(0.00%)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
The tax effect of these temporary differences representing deferred tax:
Asset retirement obligation	$ 2,290,315	$ 1,944,953
Mineral rights and properties, plant, and equipment	839,360
Mineral rights and properties, plant, and equipment		(5,853)
Mining exploration, development, claims, and permit costs	10,705,987	10,616,416
Net operating loss carryforward	53,021,957	50,333,692
Other	869,666	435,598
Valuation allowance	(67,727,285)	(63,324,806)
Total net deferred tax assets	0	0
Net operating loss carryforwards	155,900,000
Change in valuation allowance	$ 4,400,000	$ 3,500,000	$ 3,100,000