It involves visiting active or disused mining sites for educational, recreational, or heritage purposes, offering insights ...

Mining was so big here that the town still offers underground tours into the 1870s Chollar Mine and the Ponderosa Mine, located beneath the historic Ponderosa Saloon, as well as into actual mine ...

On Ichiro Suzuki's induction weekend, a new exhibit in Cooperstown shares his place in the international baseball landscape.

CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Most people are familiar with the California gold rush -- but did you know the first gold ever ...

The pioneering Scot documented the wildernesses of the young nation through the embryonic medium of photography. But it was ...

The Stawell district in Victoria is a historic goldfield dating back to the 1850s. Within the region is the Stawell Gold Mine ...

Community leaders in Nairn Centre and First Nations west of Sudbury have sent letters of protest to Ontario Premier Doug Ford to voice their displeasure with an Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO ...

The entire day in Yreka can easily cost less than $60, including gas, lunch, and museum fees. Porterville nestles at the base ...

Nevada City might be the most well-preserved Gold Rush town in California. Its Victorian buildings stand tall, as if proudly showing off their elaborate architecture. Gas lamps illuminate the streets ...

ASX-listed Australian Pacific Coal (AQC) has effectively relinquished control of its Dartbrook mine in New South Wales following administrator and receiver appointments amid a debt default to ...

A mine employee is missing after an “underground incident” was reported early Friday morning in Jefferson County.