PLACER COUNTY — Two people suffered critical injuries in an explosion inside a Northern California mine shaft, officials said Friday. The Foresthill Fire Protection District said it happened ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -Desperate relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft in South Africa waited outside the site on Friday in the ...

Crews in San Bernardino County conducted a complex rescue after two rappellers became stranded down a steep mine shaft near Twentynine Palms last week, officials announced. The men became stranded ...

The mine was the site of the first documented discovery of gold in the United States. A farmer’s son found a 17-pound gold nugget in 1799, and in 1803, the farmer -- John Reed -- opened the mine.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A dog is safe after plunging nearly 100 feet down a mine shaft in a remote part of northwest Arizona, about 68 miles from the Las Vegas valley. Around 1:30 p.m. Monday, the ...

Officials said the 15-year-old boy was exploring a Gold Rush-era mine shaft that was around 30 feet back and six feet deep. He became stuck and after 15 minutes of trying to get him free, a friend ...