Wikimedia Commons/Niceley Calico Ghost Town in California In 1881, four prospectors struck silver in the Mojave Desert hills ...

Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called "the wickedest town in the West" because of its proliferation of bars, ...

While out-of-state residents have a larger window where they can buy fireworks, everyone is restricted to a certain time to discharge them ...

The court-appointed receiver of a Yukon gold mine that suffered a catastrophic heap-leach facility failure last year said it plans to sell the mine and will be seeking approval within ...

News Alberta Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing Fish A new study warns against new mines in the area, finding toxic selenium pollution persists for decades.

South Africa‘s Sibanye Stillwater said Friday that efforts were under way to rescue 289 mine workers trapped underground at one of its shafts at the Kloof gold mine near Johannesburg.

All 260 employees have been accounted for and have been provided with food. LONDON -- Hundreds of workers remain underground at the Kloof gold mine near Johannesburg after a "shaft incident ...

Nova Scotia's other gold mine, the Touquoy mine near Moose River, N.S., opened in 2017 and wrapped up active mining in January 2023. That site is now in the reclamation process.

Join SDPB as we take a ride on the most scenic railway of the Black Hills and learn its history.

Mar. 26—As the owner Cross and Caribou mines outside Nederland seeks to resume mining, Nederland's elected officials and nearby residents have questions and concerns after previous water quality ...

Southampton Town officials have launched an environmental review of their proposal to phase out sand mines near residential areas over a seven-year period. The legislation, introduced in late ...