While the historic mines have long been abandoned by miners, you can still explore the eerie silver mines, but only if you know knowledgeable locals who can safely take you underground and into ...

One site where Trout Unlimited has worked is the abandoned gold and silver Orphan Boy Mine near Alma, Colorado. Jason Willis, the director of the group's Western Abandoned Mine Lands Program ...

Not all tourist spots attract throngs of visitors. These places offer intrigue and visual appeal but also insight to ...

This old-timey saloon is serving cold beer with a side of Wild West, where you can explore a gold mine and 19th-century bank ...

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

The ghosts of the Silver State’s mining roots aren’t just spooky — they’re a serious environmental hazard. About half a million abandoned mines lie untouched across America, polluting ...

There are at least 250,000 abandoned mining “features,” including at ... landing on the Berkeley “lake,” which is part of the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund site.

In 1999, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana took to the floor of the Senate to introduce a bill intended to help clean up abandoned and inactive hardrock mines across ...

The silver mines proved fruitful ... Ghost towns are different — they're abandoned or barren. Sometimes there may be a handful of residents who still live in the area, but the town itself ...