Once a bustling gold mining town, Hedges—later known as Tumco—is now a haunting relic in the California desert. Abandoned ...

A new “cold rush” is mining northern mineral riches. Canada’s Giant Mine serves as a warning of the high and long-term cost ...

Pennsylvania’s inventory of abandoned coal mines ... his home’s foundation has shifted about 2 inches since he moved there in 2004. “Honestly, Crabtree, these coal-patch towns?

The remnants of Nevada’s abandoned boomtowns ... discarded building foundations. Most in-tact ghost towns are concentrated in central and northern parts of Nevada where mining was more abundant ...

Some of the contaminated soil has already been hauled away; next to go are the 100-foot-high mountains of lead mining waste that loom over the town. By early next year, Picher will be little more ...

Photographer Francesca Di Stefano has taken amazing photos of the ghost towns and valleys in Nevada. The Silver State is littered with abandoned mining towns and camps that were thriving during ...

abandoned city. America's western states are full of these towns; many were founded during the mining boom in the late 1800s to serve as home bases for miners. Today, these historically ...

At the bottom of a long-abandoned mine ... like rusty rails and wooden foundations, serve as reminders of the history of this once-thriving mine. Austin, donning a hard hat, pointed to the ...