Carmel Mission, founded in 1771, stands as one of California’s most authentic and beautiful Spanish missions. The entire town ...

Mali has completed its takeover of the Yatela and Morila gold mines abandoned by their previous owners, the government announced at the weekend, but questions remain over how any untapped value can be ...

We found a hidden tunnel that led straight into an abandoned soapstone mine – and what we discovered inside was incredible.

“It produced about 3,500 tons of gold, silver and copper,” Maldonado said. “These past mining operations left about 20,300 cubic yards of uncontained waste rock.

Although it was once a booming mining spot, this ghost town in Arizona is now a museum where visitors can learn more about ...

Bain, Diane. Circular 103 A Review of Mercury Mining in the Phoenix Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, Phoenix, AZ. November, 2003.

Wikimedia Commons/Niceley Calico Ghost Town in California In 1881, four prospectors struck silver in the Mojave Desert hills ...

Researchers discovered a way to extract rare earth materials from the Berkeley Pit, a toxic abandoned mine in Butte, Montana.