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As patch towns go, Upper Lehigh was upper crust, a coal company enclave so lovely that tourists visited, Michael C. Korb writes in a new history of the place. The village within Butler Twp. grew ...

On a mild Colorado day, a group of twentysomethings is panning for gold. Not in the hills of Cripple Creek or Victor, but in the troughs at Western Museum of Mining & Industry on North Gate Boulevard.

Himlerville, Kentucky circa 1920. Himlerville was the coal camp for the Himler Coal company, a cooperatively owned mining operation in Martin County. Many of Himlerville’s original buildings still ...

Inside an old fire hall, where old stuff used to pile up, is a new way to honor the history of mining. The Aurora City Hall is now home to the traveling exhibit called, "The Plan, The People, The ...

Mining historian Jade Davenport discuss the launch of her new book, Digging Deep – A History of Mining in South Africa. Mining historian, columnist, journalist and author Jade Davenport will coincide ...

Before Oregon was known for timber, it was known for gold. That’s the underlying message of the new book “Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War into the Progressive Era.” Its author, ...

Underneath the surface of a resort town that pulls in hundreds of thousands of skiers per year lives a mining history that’s nearly a century deep. If it were not for historians and an interest from ...

POTTSVILLE – When it went into operation in March 1931, the St. Nicholas breaker outside Mahanoy City was one of the largest processors of anthracite coal in the world. State-of-the-art technology, it ...

Many mountain ranges near Tucson have significantly contributed to Arizona’s mining history. These include the Sierrita, Silver Bell, Patagonia and Santa Rita Mountains, which have a similar ...