This 1850s gold mine looked like any other forgotten hole in the mountainside until our light caught something embedded in ...

Shaft 11 in the small town of Stilfontein took more than 100 lives. Bloomberg Investigates uncovers how the catastrophe was allowed to happen.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South ...

A recent tragedy in Colorado wasn't an anomaly. From drowning in quarries to stumbling into open pits, hundreds have died in ...

Dawson Forest’s abandoned gold mines offered a mix of dangers: deep water, unstable rock, sudden drop-offs, and shafts that ...

Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see what life was like in a 19th-century mining town. Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...