For decades, federal rules punished good Samaritans who tried to tackle toxic mine pollution. A new program removes barriers ...

U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana took to the floor of the Senate to introduce a bill intended to help clean up abandoned and ...

While there are obvious safety risks associated with these old mines, experts are also sounding the alarm on environmental factors, as mines can greatly impact an area's water supply or even damage ...

Mining has played an important role in shaping Idaho, but the Idaho Conservation League is working to raise awareness about ...

More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern ... underground against their will to search for gold. A police spokesperson confirmed the miners ...

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has escalated its fight to rescue illegal miners trapped in an ...

One site where Trout Unlimited has worked is the abandoned gold and silver Orphan Boy Mine near Alma, Colorado. Jason Willis, the director of the group's Western Abandoned Mine Lands Program ...

Mining has played an important role in shaping Idaho, but the Idaho Conservation League is working to raise awareness about ...

The men say they were forced to mine for rocks containing gold (stock photo) More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province.

Our state’s motto is ‘Oro y Plata’ — gold and silver,” Baucus ... Baucus cited data that there were at least 400,000 abandoned mine sites in the West — a number the Department of ...

More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province ... claim they were forced underground against their will to search for gold. A ...