In November 1891, the hulking five-story, 27,000-square-foot Holden Lixiviation Works opened on the west bank of Castle Creek on the outskirts of Aspen. The plant used stamp mills, furnaces and ...

Brian Maki remembers growing up in some of the early days of Hoyt Lakes in the 1950s and ’60s, when the town sprang to life in service to the Erie Mining Company’s production facility 6 miles north.

REDSTONE, Colorado – The coal mines of Mid-Continent Resources, now a reclaimed area in nearby Coal Basin, have been closed down for more than 20 years, following 35 tumultuous years of operation. The ...

If you're looking for primitive camping, serene beauty, and a bit of history all rolled in one, you won't want to miss this ...

Drones capture data from the air and provide information for computer models that map mines. Unmanned aircraft also track stockpiles and equipment. The United States was the third-leading gold ...

There’s increasing interest in deep-sea mining, but the impacts that this will have on the animals that live in the depths ...

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