Here's a chance to visit one of the early sites of the California Gold Rush and, if you're lucky, maybe even find some gold ...

California’s ghost towns are often seen as empty relics of the past, but some still hold a surprising spark. You might expect ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

Many long-abandoned Mother Lode mining sites now serve as recreation areas and former ... Copperopolis is another cherished ...

Crews in San Bernardino County conducted a complex rescue after two rappellers became stranded down a steep mine shaft near Twentynine Palms last week, officials announced. The men became stranded 250 ...

When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy about the type of job he wanted when he grew up. Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers. All Siyabonga wanted, he says, was a job ...