Inside the mock mining boom town tucked away in downtown Henderson, a worn-down miner animatronic has a message for children who choose to allow him to speak by pressing a red button. “Some people ask ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct pricing of the Hike Home with a Miner Tour. A century before five peaks became the town of Breckenridge’s identity, the mountains were ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second story in a series looking at mining disasters of 1911. On April 7, 1911, 73 men were killed in a fire in the Pancoast Mine in Throop. The disaster occurred less than ...

A Gatehouse author’s new book looks at the life of two children who lived in a mining community. Claire Pepper has released James and Ann Children of a Lead Miner, 1841, which tells the story of two ...

It would be disingenuous to attempt to disentangle the human rights abuses connected to creating technologies from their ...

In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia’s government is facilitating ...

RC Mine LLC, Dorchester County and various arms of our state and local governments have some serious explaining to do. How has MRC Mine been digging a sand pit strip mine just 50 feet from a ...

Centuries of environmental exploitation in the small town have ensnared its inhabitants in a vicious cycle of displacement, irreversible health damage, and social conflict. In 1982, at Chulec Hospital ...

After revelations of child labor and treacherous conditions in many cobalt mines, automakers and mineral companies said they would adhere to international safety standards The Shabara artisanal mine, ...

The Supreme Court declined to hear Apache Stronghold's case a second time, but more cases are still on lower-court dockets.