A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa, - South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or corpses were still there ...

The mine runs 2.6 kilometres underground and a specialized machine was brought in Monday to lift out the miners and the bodies, a handful of people at a time. Of the miners taken out of the shaft, ...

Core Natural Resources is working to temporarily seal a part of its Leer South coal mine in West Virginia in an effort to extinguish an underground fire. The fire began Monday and all mine workers ...

Many mines in South Africa have been abandoned over the last three decades by companies that did not find them economically viable. The mines have been taken over by gangs, often former employees ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether anyone was left in an illegal gold mine deep underground where at least 78 people died during a police siege ...

South Dakota Mines students will once again commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. by following his legacy of service. In observance of the national holiday, they will collect food and cash donations ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...