The 64-year-old would usually spend December taking excited families 460ft (140m) underground to meet Father Christmas, but ...

The Minnesota Discovery Center sits on land atop ore, with rights owned by some of the state’s most storied families.

A museum dedicated to the coal industry will soon turn to renewables for its power. The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum in Benham, owned by Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, is an ...

O’Malley will discuss his discoveries when the Park City Museum and Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History hosts his free lecture, “Who Was Lady Morgan? The Life and Times of Philip Morgan,” at 5 p.m.

Board member Jeff Tapparo is kneeling and volunteer Steve Berry is standing in this photo of the steam shovel during a demonstration at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry 32nd anniversary ...

THE NEVADA COUNTY Historical Society maintains three major museums and a research library. Two of the museums and the library are in Nevada City. The buildings, Firehouse No. 1 and the Narrow Gauge ...

LEADVILLE — The 125-year-old wooden headframe of Matchless Mine is in danger of collapsing, but the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum is trying to save the iconic structure — the last remaining ...

The tiny town of Benham, Kentucky, was originally built to serve the coal mining industry. Now it's embracing solar energy. Benham, population 500, will soon get an array of solar panels atop the ...

Flipping through Mining the Museum (photos and GIF by Hrag Vartanian for Hyperallergic) To me, Wilson’s project went beyond institutional critique into another zone, which makes it crucially relevant ...

The Nederland Mining Museum will open for the season on Friday. The museum, at 200 N. Bridge St., features exhibits that lend “a glimpse into the world of hard rock mining days in Boulder County,” ...

The Western Museum of Mining & Industry plans an extensive renovation and expansion as it celebrates the 32nd anniversary at its location on the northern edge of Colorado Springs. Rick Sauers, ...