Police in South Africa say they're determined to arrest hundreds of illegal miners they've cornered underground - but relatives say they'll die without the food and water authorities are blocking ...

It was the summer of 2015 when the Animas River in southern Colorado turned such a garish orange-gold that it made national ...

they had been forced to work and mine for gold by their captors under dangerous and dire conditions. Tragically, three individuals lost their lives while trapped inside the mine shaft," said Mdhluli.

Both the minister and the police maintain that these miners are not trapped ... of mine rescue teams, the employer must take responsibility. In this case, the employer is Buffelsfontein Gold ...

BURITICÁ, Colombia—Some 700 yards deep in Colombia’s richest gold mine, private security guards crouch behind sandbags, trapped in a ... as avocado farming and tourism. Colombia’s ...

The vacation hot spot has been overrun by people—whose habits are drawing fast-moving animals with sharp claws and insatiable ...

DENVER (AP) — Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold ... 12 people trapped for hours at the bottom of the tourist ...

Police have confirmed miners who still find themselves in a Stilfontein mineshaft in North West are not trapped but actively continuing illegal gold mining operations under the watch of armed guards.

The ongoing rescue operation at the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in North ... art equipment to assess the mine’s conditions. This assessment focused on the methane gas levels and the overall safety ...

Trapped underground, they forced to mine for gold by ruthless captors who may still be lurking nearby. And they are potentially armed. The incident follows a recent attack on November 28 ...