The tradition of coal mining is crucial to the economy and people of Appalachia, but hundreds of miles of mining land have shut down over the years. That’s why one project is giving a former Mingo ...

Detained after being accused of controlling the illegal operations at an abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein in South Africa ...

We took our kayaks into an abandoned underground mine – and what we found was unforgettable. Paddling through flooded tunnels and echoing chambers, we explored a hidden world beneath the surface. In ...

Resolution says its underground mining will result in a 2-mile-wide ... We step into a metal auxiliary cage — a kind of double-decker elevator — suspended from a towering A-shape structure ...

Darren Aronofsky may be preparing to debut his buzzy crime novel adaptation “Caught Stealing” with Austin Butler, but the ...

Beneath the surface lies a giant most people don’t even know exists. In this video, we take you inside the biggest ...

The 260 miners who were trapped underground at a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in South Africa were all safely brought to the ...

The incident, which occurred on Thursday, underscores the hazards of deep-level gold mining. But thankfully no one was hurt and the ordeal should end on Friday.

President Taft was locked in a narrow iron cage to-day and dropped 1,200 feet through darkness into the depths of the famous old Leonard Copper Mine at Butte. He saw miners at work with a giant ...

The Princess was given a tour of the underground mine, including travelling via the mine shaft cage, and also unveiled a plaque to re-open New Cook's Kitchen Shaft The Princess Royal unveiling a ...

Vonnegut mentioned his “canary-bird-in-the-coal-mine theory” again in a 1973 interview with Playboy. Artists, he explained, had “chirped and keeled over” in reaction to the Vietnam War before society ...

Mr Jones, who has worked in the mining industry for nearly 40 years, particularly enjoys taking ex-miners on the underground tours. "As soon as they get that pit smell, riding the cage ...