While ghost town enthusiasts can't visit this crumbling deserted California town that was once a desert oasis, they can learn ...

EL DORADO COUNTY – A dog has been rescued after it fell down an abandoned mine shaft in Northern California. Garden Valley Fire Protection District says, early in the morning on Nov. 21 ...

Officials said the teen descended into the 15 to 20-foot deep shaft in an attempt to rescue their pets. But instead, they ...

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WASHINGTON — The government has endangered the public’s health and safety by failing to clean up abandoned mines on federal land in the West, according to a scathing audit released Friday.

Many other states fund their abandoned-mine programs through coal-mine taxes. But Arizona, California and Nevada produce little or no coal. “If you don’t have any coal mines in your state ...

This land is your land — until a foreign mining company wants it,” writes the owner and caretaker of a historic 19th-century ...