In the 1800s, gold, silver and copper booms lured miners and immigrants looking for a better life. Though the mines ...

This is part five of a series on the operation to evict illegal gold miners from Munduruku Indigenous territories. Read part ...

It's rare, but hikers do sometimes find treasure. This mouthwatering list of undiscovered fortunes will turn your camping ...

Women weren’t supposed to be powerless anymore, exactly; Katherine owned a rifle and showed her kids how to use a shotgun.

Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time.

MIDLAND - A baby deer was rescued by firefighters after it fell into an abandoned gold mine shaft in Cabarrus County this week.

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Environmental advocates and local tribes in Inyo County are rallying against a proposed gold mining project that threatens to ...

The landmark deal ends a years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places.

A conservation group says it will pay $60 million to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that spent ...

After evading law enforcement for three decades, a 79-year-old fugitive from Northern California has been apprehended — and ...

There are as many as 500,000 abandoned mines nationwide — far outnumbering those that are still active, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. They dot ...