A groundbreaking discovery of a 1,000-ton gold reserve has been made in the rugged terrains of China’s Kunlun mountains. This ...

This story was originally published in the 2024 edition of Discovery magazine, the College of Science's publication. This edition of Discovery celebrated the 20th anniversary of the College of Science ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Antioch's Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve offers visitors a unique opportunity to learn about California's rich mining history. "It's not often that you get to go to a park ...

Explore NJ’s mining legacy and rare glowing minerals at Sterling Hill Mining Museum Journey beneath the Garden State to uncover New Jersey’s rich legacy of mining and innovation. From colonial copper ...

Kalispell Middle School teacher Kris Schreiner demonstrates how to use a sluice to eighth-graders, from left, Shyann Richsel, Hallie Granley and Kaylee Whitten during a lesson on panning for gold, ...

pt. 1, v. 1. Iron processing and iron mining on and near Mine Hill in Franklin, and on and near Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg, 1765-1850; The zinc deposits at Mine Hill and Sterling Hill; The Ogden and ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Pieces of history on the move to Scranton's McDade Park. These artifacts all came from what's left of the Moffat Coal Breaker, an important part of Lackawanna County's coal ...

Underneath the surface of a resort town that pulls in hundreds of thousands of skiers per year lives a mining history that’s nearly a century deep. If it were not for historians and an interest from ...

A little over a hundred years ago, Breckenridge, and much of Summit County, looked a lot different than it does today. Instead of the county being filled with short-term rental properties with ...

As part of the Anthracite Mining Heritage Month presentations, the Greater Pittston Historical Society proudly hosted “Historical Places, Historical Markers” on Jan. 12, at St. Joseph Marello Parish ...

The miners stare out at us, reminding us that, yes, at one point, workers would descend hundreds of feet below the streets of St. Louis to labor all day in darkness, mining coal and clay to fuel a ...

These five former boomtowns invite you to step into the state’s mining history On the northern edge of the Mojave Desert sits the remnants of a former boomtown. There, visitors are greeted by the ...