Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Rescuers were sending a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest mines on ...

Responders say Washington resident Devin Albert, 50, suffered an apparent heart attack Jan. 2 deep within the Salt Chuck Mine ...

The Indiana Geological and Water Survey at Indiana University has been publishing critical research that addresses landslide ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died after ...

While deep within one of the mine shafts, the man suffered a medical emergency, which those with him believed was a heart ...

In 2024, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conducted over 107,000 inspections to protect ...

On January 2, 2025, 50-year-old Devin Albert of Washington passed away while rock hunting at the abandoned Salt Chuck Mine.

Tribal lands hold billions in untapped energy and mineral resources. Native nations must lead development while protecting ...

Emergency responders on Sunday recovered the remains of a Washington state man from the abandoned Salt Chuck Mine near Thorne Bay on the east side of Prince of Wales Island, ...

Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old who had a medical emergency while in an abandoned mine on an island in Alaska ...

Jimmy Carter signed the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, which changed the coal industry, reducing the ...