BILLINGS — Up To 75 employees of Montana's Decker Coal Mine will be laid off from the surface mine near the Wyoming border in mid-January, managers said Friday. A spokesman for mine operator ...

The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an Apache religious challenge to a copper mine that could turn the tribe's sacred ...

Clearly defined roles and responsibilities for day-to-day operation should be in place in every mine. There should be suitably qualified engineers appointed to carry out monitoring and maintenance of ...

Opponents of the project are concerned that the mine is dangerously close to the EAA Reservoir, and that the county should ...

A part of Interstate 80 in New Jersey passes near and over abandoned iron mines, remnants of a thriving ore-and-mineral industry that began before the American Revolution.

At about the same time, a sinkhole appeared about 20 feet from where she parked her car in an area above an old coal mine. The granddaughter was found safe inside the car hours later. The search ...

A rich history of a bygone era in Anderson County is on display in the town of Rocky Top, originally known as Coal Creek. A unique museum shows what life was like when ...

There can’t be many (any?) other bluegrass songs that include the phrase: “Gabba, gabba, hey!” in their lyrics. But then ...

Surrounded by Prescott National Forest on the headwaters of Cherry Creek, the Cherry Creek Mining District is one of the many lode gold districts in Yavapai County and Central Arizona ...

Look for this column every Monday in the Star. The most successful mine in the Tucson Mountains was the Old Yuma Mine, which was both the last active mine in that area and one of the first in what ...

The Public Service Commission is nominating the Falkirk Mine for a national “Excellence in Coal Mining Reclamation Award” – ...