Some experts soon claimed that sands in the area contained gold, silver, platinum and other metals that could be the richest ...

A mining company released an initial assessment this week that outlines the potential for an open-pit gold mine northwest of ...

Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called ...

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 United States Bureau of Land Management has approved plans for a new gold mine project near Wickenburg.

The United States Bureau of Land Management has approved plans for a new gold mine project near Wickenburg.

In its fifth receiver’s report issued earlier this month, PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. said it will seek court approval for a sale process for the Eagle Gold Mine near Mayo, Yukon, in a motion ...

For decades, Benson Mines near Star Lake in St. Lawrence County was a thriving iron ore mine. But economic troubles forced its closure in the late 1970s. Now, it serves as an aggregates and timber ...

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.

Hundreds of workers remain underground at the Kloof gold mine near Johannesburg after a "shaft incident" occurred at Sibanye Stillwater's sub-shaft, officials said.

The big “rock” — later determined to be a 23-pound gold nugget — was the last major find at Reed Gold Mine near Charlotte, historians said.

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