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 ...

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

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is located at 9388 Highway 67 in Cripple Creek, which is about an hour west of Colorado Springs. It advertises itself on its website as the "Only Vertical Shaft Gold ...

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

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is located at 9388 Highway 67 in Cripple Creek, which is about an hour west of Colorado Springs. It advertises itself on its website as the "Only Vertical Shaft Gold ...

One mine employee, 46-year-old tour guide and Victor resident Patrick Weier, was killed on Oct. 10 when a mine elevator malfunctioned while lowering 11 people down the shaft.

Deadly Colorado gold mine malfunction deemed “operator error,” sheriff says The death of Patrick Weier, a 46-year-old tour guide killed in the October malfunction, has been ruled accidental ...

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 ...