Back in 2011, a group of paleontologists digging in an open-pit mine in Alberta, Canada, stumbled across something almost too ...

The Bingham Canyon Mine won't get any deeper, but it might get wider than the current 2.5-mile span of the giant hole Rio ...

SHELL — With temperatures pushing 100 degrees, a half-dozen people spent a recent dry, dusty July day scrambling around an open pit, digging for buried treasure in the hills above the sprawling Red ...

A proposed open cinder pit mine in Washington County drew opposition from some residents, but the county's planning ...

A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota's Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop of miners driven by gold ...

Seattle Tunnel Partners have resumed digging a repair pit to access the stalled tunnel drilling machine sitting idle under the waterfront. State archaeologists have determined shell deposits ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota’s Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop ...

In July, Alamos expanded its Canadian position with a deal for Argonaut Gold. Alamos Gold CEO says he thinks Mexican politicians will reconsider proposed open-pit mining ban. Post-Labor Day Trading ...