Discover the charm and history of these towns in California that offer a glimpse into a vibrant past where the Wild West ...

Miners want to return to the treasured landscape, promising an economic boost while raising fears of how modern gold ...

23 rescued from old Colorado gold mine In Colorado, 23 people were rescued after an elevator malfunction at an old gold mine. Eleven visitors were first brought out of the mine while the remaining ...

Kalgoorlie's 4.5 kilometre-long Super Pit mine comes back from the brink, striving to reclaim its crown as Australia's ...

Credit: Walter F. Winn / Atlanta Journal Original caption: "1933 -- The Jenkins brothers of Dahlonega, Tom (left) and William, busy with their gold pans in the famed mining section around their home.

It has been 150 years since miners first flocked to South Dakota's Black Hills in a gold rush that displaced Native Americans ...

The head of Canadian gold development firm Osisko says the company’s Cariboo Gold Project in central B.C. highlights the critical role mining can play in providing economic benefits to Canadians ...

A poor old gold mine in Nova Scotia, abandoned 25 years ago and reopened last winter, collapsed on its owners last week, thus entombing one of Canada's most distinguished surgeons and a rising ...

South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Co. <HARJ.J> said at least 36 illegal miners were killed in an underground fire at one of its disused mines at the weekend, adding it was too dangerous to ...

A ski-in, ski-out home with pieces of an abandoned Colorado mine is for sale in Crested Butte, with anything from reclaimed ...