Many abandoned mines and ghost towns are situated in remote, inaccessible areas. You often drive far from major towns. Cell ...

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories—This small subarctic city has a big problem. There are 237,000 metric tons of arsenic trioxide locked in the subterranean caverns of Giant Mine on the edge of ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated ...

MIDLAND, N.C. — Midland fire units and other responders successfully rescued a fawn from an abandoned shaft at Reed Gold Mine on Thursday morning. ALSO READ: SC firefighters buck muddy creek to save ...