A new law decades in the making could finally lead to the cleanup of some of the thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado ...

Both the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection provide maps with ...

Touting an unconventional approach, Contango Ore says it can develop mines faster and with a smaller environmental footprint.

Most of the companies that buy the gold from the youths and women are Chinese-owned and they pay cash on the spot ...

The holidays brought tragedy to a Clay County family. On December 27, two cousins were digging for coal to heat their homes when the mountain collapsed.

Learn where to find every cave, what ores and gems you can find inside them, and how to handle spiders while mining in Luma ...

Interstate 80 eastbound reopened Monday morning after being closed since Thursday because of a sinkhole in Wharton, New ...