On a mild Colorado day, a group of twentysomethings is panning for gold. Not in the hills of Cripple Creek or Victor, but in the troughs at Western Museum of Mining & Industry on North Gate Boulevard.

This story was originally published in the 2024 edition of Discovery magazine, the College of Science's publication. This edition of Discovery celebrated the 20th anniversary of the College of Science ...

Before Oregon was known for timber, it was known for gold. That’s the underlying message of the new book “Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War into the Progressive Era.” Its author, ...

Members of the historic San Francisco-based Society of California Pioneers, whose membership is open only to direct ...

Export officials are excited about the creation of a historical area showcasing the borough’s mining history. A $139,000 state grant designated to bring the project to life will likely pay only for ...

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The restoration of the Headframe Building at the Silver King Coalition Mine is set to receive an award from Preservation Utah ...

“For nodule mining, some simple scientific steps would help to resolve the risk of biodiversity loss, which is still mostly ...

For several years, Otis Sullens pursued a career in mining, breathing in the dust and toxins that later contributed to his death. Yet the name of this Miller County native is remembered for his ...

Sinkholes that closed Interstate 80 in both directions in Wharton, New Jersey, were likely caused by collapsing iron mine shafts. Wharton's history is broadly defined by the once-thriving iron-mining ...

In 1876, when James A. Garfield was serving his seventh term in Congress, he devised an original proof for the Pythagorean theorem. A classics scholar who’d taught math, history, philosophy, Greek, ...