In the early 1840s, a group of businessmen in the Philadelphia area became aware of stories of untold wealth of cannel coal, ...

If you venture out to this remote spot in the Mojave Desert, you'll find what was once a mining town with an abundance of ...

Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA) (NYSE: ORLA) ("Orla" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an operational update for the first ...

In the late 1860s, the Cerro Gordo Mining District located high in the Inyo Mountains of eastern California began churning ...

We all saw the photograph of the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the laying of the golden spike at Promontory ...

Government watchdogs raised conflict-of-interests concerns, but Christian said his involvement in the venture is “separate” ...

In a joint meeting of Hancock City Council, the City of Hancock Planning Commission and the Downtown Development Authority on ...

This former gold and coal mining town is now a small Colorado city offering historic trails and buildings, cozy cabins, and a ...

If you’ve ever planned to motor west and take the highway that’s the best, this might be the time: Route 66 turns 100 this year.

When the United States celebrated its 100th birthday in 1876, Tucson was still a relatively new addition to the ...

Gas flares from an oilfield at sundown. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan ...

"Col. Patrick E. Conner arrived in the Valley of Saints in October 1862. Future generations would anoint him the father of mining in Utah." ...