Mali’s military-led government has completed its takeover of the Yatela and Morila gold mines. Reuters reported on Monday (June 30) that according to the Malian government, control of the Yatela mine ...

Arizona’s abandoned mining towns are packed with eerie beauty, Wild West history, and the kind of quiet that stays with you.

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

One of Brazil’s most infamous gold mines may return to operation after more than three decades of inactivity, reigniting long-standing environmental and regulatory concerns. The Serra Pelada open-pit ...

The log cabins in the Garnet Ghost Town. “Garnet is one of the best-preserved historic mining towns in Montana. Hard work from the Bureau of Land Management and the Garnet Preservation Association ...

If you're looking for primitive camping, serene beauty, and a bit of history all rolled in one, you won't want to miss this ...

Rescue workers look on as a cage is lifted from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Thursday. They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa ...

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will study nature’s most mysterious particle a mile beneath South Dakota’s Black ...