The government is mapping out abandoned mining sites across the country in an effort to address the long-term impacts of mining on the environment.This proactive step is aimed at developing tailored ...

The sinkhole on Route 80 is over one of the 400 mines active during the Revolutionary War but it's hard to accurately ...

Many mines are abandoned or liquidated without sufficient protection for rehabilitation funds, and the government does little ...

The sinkhole was originally a 30-foot long depression in the highway near Exit 34 and the second to occur in two months.

A sinkhole closed the highway’s right lane in Wharton for several days in late December while crews repaired the damage. The ...

State lawmakers believe now is the time to clean up a mess that they say the federal government just keeps ignoring.

Four people lost their lives in a tragic mining accident in Homa Bay County on Monday, February 10. The victims perished during a mining expedition in an abandoned gold mine in Ruga village, Rachuonyo ...

Four people died tragically from suffocation in an abandoned gold mine in Ruga village, Kowidi Location, Rachuonyo South on ...

Mine rescue experts arrived on site on Monday to begin technical work to bring the illegal miners back to the surface.

“We relive the prospecting, gold rush days, going back in history with every expedition, visiting abandoned and forgotten places, climbing down mine shafts into dangerous mines, finding ...