Venture to an abandoned ghost town high in the mountains near Aspen, Colorado, which used to be a boomtown during the gold ...

Just over an hour's drive from Zion National Park lies a historic and notorious Utah ghost town famous for its beehive kilns, ...

Multiple Somerset County towns can never be separated from coal, the reason for their existence. But the people are the ...

Some downtowns haven’t changed much in decades—and that’s exactly the point. Across the U.S., there are towns where the ...

but three were within roughly 3.1 miles of mining towns previously known to rely on amalgam burning. One site was also adjacent to protected forest lands. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

The rugged drive to Crown King takes you through gold-mining country from desert to mountaintop. You'll find great burgers, fudge - and a yacht club.

A copper mine in British Columbia produces a metal the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. It holds promise — and danger.

A Trump administration official says the United States is talking with conflict-plagued Congo about developing its mineral ...

Mercury mining ended in the late 1980s. But the McDermitt Combined School’s football field and parking area, areas surrounding the playground and 56 residential properties in the town of ...

Residents of small mining towns of Emalahleni and Ophondweni in KwaZulu-Natal, who are accusing a mining firm of putting their lives in danger have commended environmentalists and human rights ...

Town officials count seven mining sites that would be affected by the legislation, though not all are currently active. Miners can seek extensions from the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals ...