Miners once lived and worked in Humberstone saltpeter works. Now it's a ghost town and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photos ...

AT LEAST 100 illegal miners have died after becoming trapped in a South African gold mine for months on end. They had been in ...

Investigators determined that the incident at the Colorado tourist mine was "not attributed to current mine practices or equipment malfunctions." ...

Rescuers have hoisted several dead bodies from an abandoned South African gold mine amid claims that hundreds are still ...

All around the edges of San Francisco Bay you’ll find reminders of a once robust military presence. The Presidio, Alameda ...

The mine has been the scene of a tense standoff between police and miners since authorities launched an operation to force ...

While deep within one of the mine shafts, the man suffered a medical emergency, which those with him believed was a heart ...

The occupiers are establishing strongholds in abandoned high-rise buildings in Crimea. This has become a systematic practice, ...

Fighting intensifies near Pokrovsk and many have speculated whether Russia can sustain the war effort in Donetsk due to a loss of soldiers and equipment.

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold ...

After a group of smugglers was caught stealing F-14 parts to sell to Iran, the Pentagon ran an audit on the spare parts ...