The country’s biggest lithium mine has residents of McDermitt skeptical. The town straddles the Nevada-Oregon border and has a history of pollution.

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The Murray Hotel, a classic Western hotel that opened in 1904, has hosted celebrities from Buffalo Bill to Anthony Bourdain. Its vintage neon sign is a photographer’s dream, especially as dusk settles ...

A former coal mine in western Maryland is now home to a 160-megawatt solar farm, the largest ever built in the state.

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Deep inside an abandoned limestone mine, explorers found a massive underground complex spanning multiple levels, complete with heavy industrial equipment and a flooded chamber holding an unnatural ...

The lore of this Colorado mining town named after a gold prospector is worthy of a Hollywood Western, and its remnants are ...

Forestry work in eastern Germany uncovered a buried pot containing 273 silver coins from the 11th century, offering rare ...

Lithium Americas is building the mine closest to Orovada, a town of ranchers in Nevada’s Humboldt County, near the Oregon border.