Source Colorado's abandoned mining towns are more than mere historical relics; they are eerie monuments to human dreams, desires, and despair. As you explore these ghostly remnants of the Gold ...

But the old mines also left behind a legacy of trouble for today’s Westerners. Abandoned mines dot the Western landscape, polluting the region’s streams with acid mine drainage and connecting the ...

A major military parade in Moscow a week ago was just one of many celebrations of the victory of the United States and its ...

Thousands of abandoned mines remain scattered across these vast landscapes, relics of the land and gold rushes of the 19th century ... Tim Armstrong and colleagues at Adams State University in ...