BREAKING GROUND FOR BITCOIN

Argo brings cryptocurrency mining to Dickens County Helios facility, company’s first in U.S., currently under construction west of Hwy. 70 at Afton

BARBARA BRANNON | CAPROCK COURIER POWERING UP Ground was broken last week for a 200 MW data processing facilitiy in northwestern Dickens County, east of the Cottonwood Substation off FM 193. | THE TEXAS SPUR
BARBARA BRANNON | CAPROCK COURIER POWERING UP Ground was broken last week for a 200 MW data processing facilitiy in northwestern Dickens County, east of the Cottonwood Substation off FM 193. | THE TEXAS SPUR

The graded dirt drive, concrete culvert, and guard shack currently in place off FM193 in northwest Dickens County, Texas, might not strike the casual observer as a gateway to the hottest financial trend on the planet these days.

But within months, UK-based Argo Blockchain, which purchased the property several months ago and broke ground earlier this month, expects to have secured warehouses onsite …