As self proclaimed Historians and amateur archaeologists we set out on adventures to find forgotten history in an old mining town. This particular area is known for battle between coal miners and scab ...

A long-abandoned mine caused a sinkhole on I-80 last month, highlighting the dangers lurking just beneath the surface across ...

A few miles south of the Grand Canyon, thousands of tons of uranium ore, reddish-gray, blue and radioactive, are piled up ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...

Months after efforts began to remove people working in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, rescuers removed 60 bodies and 106 survivors from the mine after two days of operations, police said ...

There are many mines around the world that have been abandoned when the mineral they extracted was exhausted or no longer profitable. Yesterday, Western Mine Detective posted an interesting video ...

The government estimates that there are about 6,000 abandoned mines and that close to $1 billion is lost annually in revenue due to illicit mining. A community-led rescue effort began bringing ...

The government estimates that there are about 6,000 abandoned mines and that close to $1 billion is lost annually in revenue due to illicit mining. What's happening now? A community-led rescue ...