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Ramaco Resources is excavating its new Wyoming critical minerals find. CEO Randy Atkins doesn’t want the Pentagon’s money, ...
Discover 11 abandoned places that have found new life as tourist attractions. From haunted hospitals and ghost towns to sunken prisons and forgotten islands, explore these eerie yet fascinating ...
One of the most coveted pieces of Mine Wars history has found a new home and new life at the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum - an original red bandana from the 1920s.
In Western North Carolina, rockhounds have plenty of opportunities to dig for gems, if they don’t mind getting a little dirty, and maybe a little wet.
In the heart of Pennsylvania’s coal country lies a story of remarkable ecological revival. Once a barren landscape scarred by decades of mining operations, the Hazel Creek Mine has undergone an ...
The $42 million project was funded through a combination of federal Abandoned Mine Land funds, state environmental grants, and private donations. Unlike many reclamation efforts that aimed simply to ...
Washington state needs lithium to meet the demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy. But mines add to a legacy of pollution.
The recent sinkholes on I-80 were caused by long-abandoned mines. See the map showing hundreds of closed New Jersey mines.
A program to reclaim and restore land contaminated from abandoned mines in Iowa has halted due to funding uncertainly from the federal government.
A mine safety expert says many old mines in Western Pennsylvania have less than 50 feet of ground cover between the mine and the surface, making them vulnerable to collapse.
In this video we explore Red Mountain near Birmingham Alabama where they discovered Hematite years ago. This mountain was then mined and sparked the industrial revolution that created Birmingham ...