For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fuel every day. Burning all that coal has ...

Eckley Miners’ Village in Pennsylvania feels like stepping into a piece of living history. It’s a small place tucked deep in ...

Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-123) visited the site of an ongoing abandoned mine land reclamation project ...

The "Ashland in Autumn" event delighted visitors with mine tours, steam train rides, and live polka music in Schuylkill ...

HAZLETON, Pa. - Police said an investigation is underway after a person was found dead in Hazleton, Luzerne County on Sunday. "So roughly this morning, Hazleton City Fire Department was dispatched ...

Two friends take on their biggest fear—spending the night deep inside an abandoned gold mine in California during a storm. From flooded roads and eerie tunnels to cooking soup by fire under the earth, ...

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Dale Johnson, 78, takes a deep breath from his oxygen tank, smiles, and then dips inside the cardboard box of mining tools in his basement. ``Here's my walking stick,'' he said, picking up a 3-foot ...

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard. Gary Hairston, 71, is a retired coal miner ...

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Murray Houston, Glencore Coal South Africa CEO. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – To support South Africa’s transition to clean energy, Discovery Green, the renewable-energy business of Discovery ...