Garnet is one of Montana’s best-preserved ghost towns, where original buildings and guided tours bring 19th-century mining ...

Since 1871, the Durham Miners' Gala has seen the streets of a city in north-east England transformed with displays of mining ...

A public program hosted by EPCAMR and Earth Conservancy was held on Thursday in observance of Anthracite Mining History Month. Among the speakers was Ed Philbin, shown standing at the podium, of ...

For more than 100 years, a small cabin stood on a steep, tree-covered mountainside in Keystone Gulch. When the 12-by-18 foot structure was first built in the early 1900s, it housed miners who would ...

Miners, their wives, child laborers and patch town store operators all had a part in the history of coal in the Derry area. “There were so many mines in this area,” said Donna Showalter, a Derry Area ...

MARQUETTE — Travel Marquette is inviting people to take a deeper look at Michigan’s Upper Peninsula through two distinct experiences: the debut of the Marquette History Pass, a new self-guided trail ...

A hidden Idaho mountain town celebrates its sparkling mining history beneath majestic mountains that yield great exploration ...

Council funding for the National Coal Mining Museum has been "withheld" until strike action in a row over workers' pay is resolved. Staff at the tourist attraction in Wakefield began a four-week ...

A rising gold price and Trump policies that favor the domestic mining of minerals are reviving interest in California's ...

Wakefield Council will also be asked to urge the Charity Commission to investigate the ongoing dispute. Staff at the tourist attraction, where visitors can get a lift 459 ft (140m) down to the mine ...