Viscount Mining is a project generator and an exploration company with a portfolio of silver and gold properties in the Western United States, including Silver Cliff in Colorado and Cherry Creek in ...

Nevada, with the most abandoned mines of any state in the nation, is likely to benefit from at least a few of the 15 proposed cleanups, said Rob Ghiglieri, administrator of the state Division of ...

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal ...

Pick a date before the weather gets too warm to hike along a path winding through bewildering geology and hardscrabble ...

Environment / Photo Essay / Tribes seeking federal recognition so they can better address climate change face a catch-22 as ...

Sure, you've heard of Bumble Bee and Tombstone, but Arizona has over 100 ghost towns. Here's what to know about seven ...

One day after the demolition of a historic abandoned home on Capitol Avenue, the City of Jefferson announced a new life for another landmark on the street. The city announced that the Missouri ...

A 15-bedroom, 16-and-a-half-bathroom Jersey Shore mansion built by late Philadelphia banker and hotelier Daniel Tabas, former owner of Downingtown Motor Inn, has hit the market for $13.9 million, ...

In 1986, a survey of abandoned mines in the South Alligator Valley was undertaken by the Commonwealth and ... A containment facility was constructed in 2009 at the old El Sherana airstrip for the ...

The Neolithic Flint Mines project was established in order to fully record and widely disseminate the results of the early 20th century investigations for the first time. Harrow Hill: a Neolithic ...

Construction crews today demolished a historic home at 401 E. Capitol Avenue that Jefferson City officials were hoping to preserve. The two-story 401 E. Capitol Avenue home was declared vacant and ...

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