The federal government is updating the region’s geological maps to expand the search for critical minerals and rare earth ...

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Mere feet from a prospect pit where miners dug for gold in the second half of the 19th century, bikers whizzed by on the Maryland Mountain trail system west of Denver. “This one is 15-to-16-feet deep ...

Visit abandoned places in Colorado where mining once drove busy communities. See remaining structures, learn local history, ...

Gold mining in the United States is heavily concentrated in a handful of states that combine rich geology with decades of ...

The lore of this Colorado mining town named after a gold prospector is worthy of a Hollywood Western, and its remnants are preserved in an unexpected place.

A Colorado gem about the size of an adult’s palm could fetch thousands of dollars at an auction later this month after being on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for years. Bryan Lees ...

LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the ...

Several mines other than the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, site of Thursday's fatality during tours, offer visitors a first-hand look at mining history. Here's a look. Hidee Gold Mine, ...

Crews tearing apart a 1.5-acre pile of coal mine refuse that has been smoldering for two decades recently uncovered a section which measured 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The Corley Mine Surface Burn ...

On April 13, in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s sharp increase in tariffs, China suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals and rare earth metals, threatening to choke off ...

The Colorado Mining Association wishes to respond to the story (Herald, Oct. 31) dealing with opposition to the Stream Protection Rule. Community leaders on the Western Slope have spoken out against ...