Mining was so big here that the town still offers underground tours into the 1870s Chollar Mine and the Ponderosa Mine, ...

Animas Forks is a ghost town tucked deep in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Once a lively mining town, it’s now a quiet ...

Join host Connor Fields as he explores the wild town of Pioche, Nevada. Visit the Million Dollar Courthouse, Boot Hill Cemetery, and abandoned mines. Learn about Pioche’s rich mining past, meet ...

Lowell, Arizona, was once a prospering copper mining town located southeast of Bisbee. Today, it's famous for its historic charm and vintage cars that line the main thoroughfare.

LOS CERRILLOS, N.M. — About 70 teams tested their skills in the backcountry sport of burro racing Saturday in this historic turquoise-mining town. Hundreds of cheering spectators watched runners ...

By 1892, the town had a post office, a hotel, a livery stable, a general store, a blacksmith shop and two saloons. Past research from local historian Helen Graham estimated 1,000 people called ...

Colorado’s rich and troubled mining legacy can lead to tunnel blowouts, dead rivers and Superfund mandates, making a new cleanup settlement in the tiny southwestern town of Rico sound placid ...