Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to ...

A federal mine report said the nearly 301,500 tons of coal produced by the colliery in 1873 was “the largest shipment of ...

Two people who were shot inside the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office were taken to a hospital, the Shoeshone News-Press ...

Power shovels used to excavate the earth have proved essential to the mining industry, including open-pit and coal mining in the United States, for 150 years. Made up of a boom, dipper stick and ...

Michigan has no shortage of ghost towns, and many of them are hidden gems for travelers and history buffs. Here are five ...

When these stomach-churning capital outlays start to produce returns, they do so in spades and over generations.

The impetus for the Magma Arizona Railroad originated from the necessity in providing ore transport for the mines around Superior beginning in 1875 with the discovery of a rich silver lode by Charles ...

The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City has sold out its Christmas train rides for the second consecutive year.

There are thinkers throughout history who offer grand overarching explanations of economic growth. Karl Marx was an economic ...

Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of ...

Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of ...

One Project, One Process” panel from the International Metals Symposium in London, England, held on Dec. 1, 2025. The ...