The police in Eastern Region have destroyed 10 illegal mining machines and arrested one suspect following a raid on an ...

America’s ghost towns are eerie time capsules scattered across the country, each holding a story of ambition, struggle, and ...

There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and these long-forgotten facilities can pose a variety of risks to people unaware ...

"It's a great opportunity to truly dig in and solve what hasn't been solved for 100 years," said Jeff Graves, director of the program. Stuck between a rich past and uncertain future, Colorado’s ...

As the former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, my job was to protect both public health and the ...

Authorities seized abandoned mining equipment and sacks of suspected minerals during a two-day anti-illegal mining operation in Opol, Misamis Oriental. Personnel of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion ...

After six months trapped underground, roughly 246 illegal miners were rescued at Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, ...

Abandoned mining equipment rusts on the edge of a pond created by a major subsidence that swallowed part of a chat pile on land held in trust for individual tribal members by the Bureau of Indian ...

Snake River Golf and Gem Mining, an abandoned mini-golf entertainment complex off Highway 17S in Myrtle Beach has been abandoned for years but will re-open under new ownership soon. A water tower and ...

Illinois is receiving more than $75 million dollars from the federal government to remediate abandoned mine lands across the state this year. The renewed investment, announced earlier this month, is ...

Nearly century-old mining structures are close to being removed in Cambria County. Officials with the Cambria County Conservation District explained that they’re working to hire a team of consultants ...

Up a rock-strewn four-wheel-drive road, past abandoned mining equipment and cabins, anglers will find Sailor Lake nestled near the base of the Tobacco Root Mountains. The 12-acre lake rests at an ...