One thousand feet underground, Mike Payton has come 200 feet away from where the victims of the 1968 Farmington No. 9 Mine ...

The in-depth story of 2010's Copiapó mining accident ("Chilean mining accident") and mine rescue in the Atacama Desert's San José mine. August 5, 2010. Luis Urzua, the mine supervisor, took his crew ...

The 2010 mine disaster, which killed 29 workers, and the cover-up by successive governments, demonstrate the urgent need for ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A new documentary produced by WCHS-TV aims to explore the Coal Mine Wars, with a focus on the Battle of Blair Mountain. The first part of the documentary aired Wednesday night on ...

Rescuers searching for miners trapped by a coal mine explosion in northeast China found six more bodies early Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the country's worst mining disaster in decades to ...

CENTRALIA, Ill. -- Any time he hears of a mining disaster, like the West Virginia explosion this week that left a dozen miners dead, 77-year-old Bill Niepoetter cringes because such tragedies hit ...

PLYMOUTH – As most people get ready to celebrate Valentine’s Day, a local man feels another observance should be noted today. Stephen Kondrad, 55, who grew up in Plymouth, moved out of the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A coal mine explosion and fire that has killed over 200 people in Turkey coincides with increased pressure on miners and utilities to drastically improve safety and environmental ...

BARRACKVILLE — When Barrackville community leaders began putting together a memorial for victims of the town's mine disasters in March, Diana Marple thought it would take five years of $1,000 ...