Six more bodies have been recovered from an illegal gold ... you see how people are struggling? Please – we need help." In a briefing on Monday, Giwusa leaders called the situation in the mine ...

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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. — An accident at a tourist gold mine in Cripple Creek that killed a man and left more than a dozen people trapped underground was the result of operator error, the Teller ...

A tour guide killed at a former Colorado gold mine last year fell out of a crowded elevator taking tourists below ground after apparently not latching its door closed, documents obtained by The ...

At least 87 miners died in the monthslong standoff between police and the miners who were trapped while working illegally in the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, police said last week.

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...

The incident occurred at an open-pit gold mine near the village of Danga in the Kangaba Cercle in Mali's southwestern Koulikoro region, UCROM Secretary General Taoule Camara said via telephone.

Gold mining CEOs say ... The lack of investment in new mines and exploration activities could shorten the lifespan of existing mines in Mali, he said. "Do you think Resolute or Barrick today ...