Abandoned mines may seem like more of a Northern Nevada problem, but consider this: There has been only one reported accident this year involving someone falling down an old shaft, and it happened ...

Bob Kingman / Sierra Nevada Conservancy Along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, runoff pollution from abandoned mines in "Gold Country" could threaten California's primary water supply.

Nevada, with the most abandoned mines of any state in the nation, is likely to benefit from at least a few of the 15 proposed clean-ups, said Rob Ghiglieri, administrator of the state Division of ...

15 abandoned mine clean-ups are in the works. Here’s how Nevada may benefit ...

Emergency responders in Nevada came to the rescue of a wild donkey that wandered into an abandoned mine and became trapped in a 10-foot hole.

A new “cold rush” is mining northern mineral riches. Canada’s Giant Mine serves as a warning of the high and long-term cost of such expeditions.

This underground hike leads to an abandoned Calif. gold mine — with gold left By Suzie Dundas, Freelance Writer Updated July 11, 2023 10:24 p.m.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...

PHOENIX — After he started hallucinating, John Waddell began to believe he would die. He had fallen 100 feet to the bottom of an abandoned gold mine in western Maricopa County, leaving him with ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...