The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine elevator breakdown was “not attributed to current mine practices or equipment malfunctions,” ...

Authorities say an incident involving an elevator at a former Colorado gold mine that led to the death of a tour guide and ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

Wind farm operators in Wyoming and across the nation can now bury decommissioned wind turbine blades and other materials at ...

Federal authorities have again threatened to take over mine permit violation enforcement from the West Virginia Department of ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

Police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the ...

The U.S. Forest Service has given the go-ahead for a gold-mining project in central Idaho. If it receives state permits, the ...

October’s deadly elevator malfunction at a Colorado gold mine that trapped 23 people and killed one was caused by an ...

South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining ...