Virginia City was a big mining town in the middle of the Comstock Lode, the famous gold and silver deposit in the Virginia Range that was worked during the 19th century.

MIDLAND - A baby deer was rescued by firefighters after it fell into an abandoned gold mine shaft in Cabarrus County this week.

In the 1800s, gold, silver and copper booms lured miners and immigrants looking for a better life. Though the mines eventually closed, visitors are fortunate to visit these fascinating destinations ...

About 100,000 mines have been abandoned in Arizona, according to the Arizona State Mine Inspector, ... Gold Eagle and Uncle Sam mines, as well as some remaining tasks from the first phase.

The funding for FY25 will be available via the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program. Credit: Maksim Safaniuk/Shutterstock. The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced ...

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, but because the land has been depleted of its water. A common mining ...

SUMPTER, Ore. (AP) — A historic 100-ton gold-mining dragline at the edge of this former mining town may soon be back in limited operation. Abandoned 62 years ago in a forest of pine, fir and ...

Scientists found that small-scale gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon is stripping away topsoil and reshaping the land in ways that deplete water — a key reason forests fail to grow back. ;The ...

Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property.

A Malian court has adjourned to Thursday a hearing on whether to put Barrick Mining's Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex under provisional administration, the court's registry office and one of the ...

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