Municipalities in the former anthracite mining area are being offered free mining maps to assist in community planning, coping with possible natural gas pipeline placement and with mine subsidence ...

WILKES-BARRE – Robert Hughes stopped his maroon SUV in the middle of Espy Street, turning on his flashers to let drivers know he might be there for a while. He knelt by an uncovered hole in the street ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Pennsylvania has a long history of anthracite coal mining. The result is that millions of buildings and homes are located above abandoned mines. Looking to see old mine maps? Penn ...

BANKS TOWNSHIP -- You can see the smoke from a mine fire near Tresckow, but the Department of Environmental Protection is having a hard time figuring out exactly where that fire is burning. The DEP ...

The Montepuez ruby mine in the north-east of Mozambique boasts the largest ruby asset globally and is currently valued at around $1bn. It produces some of the oldest rubies in the world, originally ...

Two recent coal mine accidents in Appalachia have led to calls for establishment of national standards for documentation of underground mines and for a reassessment of the state of technologies, such ...

The number of mining claims on U.S. public lands is growing. A 27% increase since 2019 has brought the total to nearly a half-million. A new study showed many are in close proximity to, and could ...