In his mining history column for Mining the West magazine, UNR mining history professor Eric Nystrom looks at the history of ...

Looking at the participant sheets or the social media or the website for Leadville Ski Joring, many of the names appear again ...

An African mine that once drove the country's economy became a ghost town, but now it is enjoying a huge recovery.

Jordan Borek takes his dirt bike up to his topaz mine, shimmying down a mining shaft to retrieve cuts of the stones which ...

Near the western New Mexico town of Grants, the toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, ...

While some became ghost towns, others still stand today, offering a glimpse into the past. From historic saloons to Victorian ...

Located on a lonely mountain plain in Colorado ski country, the silver-rush-era town of Leadville holds secrets as deep as ...