Rare earth elements are an easy-to-find, hard-to-refine resource critical for everything from magnets and electronics to ...

In 1956, brothers Billy Howard Dye, age 19, and Robert Earl Dye, 23, and their cousin Dan Brasher, 38, went to a party in ...

Explore seven of the most fascinating abandoned mines in Texas and learn a bit about their history, location, and eerie allure. This video takes you through old mining sites that once powered local ...

Alabama has received important federal funding to restore abandoned mine land and support the development of a new agricultural center in Jefferson County. The Alabama Department of Workforce ...

The Alabama Department of Workforce’s Abandoned Mine Land Program has received a federal $11 million AMLER grant to clean up ...

Jefferson County's 500-acre landmark will be reclaimed from its mining past to create a state-of-the-art facility expected to ...

New Jersey lawmakers are moving to plug the state’s most dangerous abandoned mines, the same hidden hazards blamed for sinkholes that swallowed sections of I-80 earlier this year, under a bill that ...

An iron mine hidden in the woods isn’t something you expect to find. Long abandoned, this mine has been reclaimed by nature, leaving only a dark entrance and silent tunnels. We carefully explored the ...

New Mexico's Environment Department plans to finish cleaning up at least one abandoned uranium mine by next summer, and has begun site evaluations at 15 uranium mine and mill sites in the northwest ...

A Nevada County man was rescued by a team of firefighters early Saturday after falling down an abandoned mine shaft while searching for a lost dog late Friday, said Nevada County Consolidated Fire ...

A 54-year-old hiker’s fatal fall into an abandoned mine shaft near Ouray last month highlights a broader danger left behind by Colorado’s rich mining history: more than 23,000 inactive mining sites, ...