Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.

A teenager was rescued by Cal Fire crews after he got stuck in a mine shaft in the Auburn State Recreation Area on Monday, ...

A tour guide killed at a former gold mine last year fell out of a crowded elevator taking tourists below ground after ...

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa's old gold-mining regions, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for any remaining deposits. The illegal miners are frequently ...

An October elevator malfunction in a Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide and ... The death of Patrick Weier, the 46-year-old tour guide, has been ruled accidental and the case has been ...

Govt can legally buy gold from low-cost artisanal and small ... said many mining companies fail to secure and rehabilitate old mines, making space for criminals. “Because it is not regulated ...

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. — An accident at a tourist gold mine in Cripple Creek that killed a man and left more than a dozen people trapped underground was the result of operator error, the Teller ...

By Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, California (KCRA) -- A teenager was rescued by Cal Fire crews after ...