While ghost town enthusiasts can't visit this crumbling deserted California town that was once a desert oasis, they can learn ...

On a quiet Saturday evening in Nevada County, California, a 15-year-old boy risked his life for his two dogs—and ended up ...

This land is your land — until a foreign mining company wants it,” writes the owner and caretaker of a historic 19th-century mining town in Inyo.

Those curious holes are abandoned mines ... “We’re all sitting on a gold mine in California. So why am I not going after it?” His land features five gold mines and shares a fence line ...

That torrent is poisoning aquatic life and tainting drinking water sources in Montana, California ... was polluted by about 150 abandoned gold, lead and copper mines that operated from the ...

(FOX40.COM) — A teen was rescued after becoming trapped in an abandoned mine shaft in Placer County on Monday, according to California State ... Area exploring the Gold Rush-era mine shaft ...

WASHINGTON — The government has endangered the public’s health and safety by failing to clean up abandoned mines on federal land in the West, according to a scathing audit released Friday.

Website authors wax nostalgic about the hunt for gold and silver deposits in the 1800s. But these same mines, mostly now abandoned, pose a high risk for thrill seekers. Related Articles VTA eyes ...

Website authors wax nostalgic about the hunt for gold and silver deposits in the 1800s. But these same mines, mostly now abandoned ... deficiencies Opinion: California’s proposed ban on plants ...