Contango Ore says it can develop mines faster and with a smaller environmental footprint. But some Alaskans fear an influx of ...

Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old who had a medical emergency while in an abandoned mine on an island in Alaska ...

Both the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection provide maps with ...

Most of the companies that buy the gold from the youths and women are Chinese-owned and they pay cash on the spot ...

The holidays brought tragedy to a Clay County family. On December 27, two cousins were digging for coal to heat their homes when the mountain collapsed.