Inside the mock mining boom town tucked away in downtown Henderson, a worn-down miner animatronic has a message for children who choose to allow him to speak by pressing a red button. “Some people ask ...

My childhood friends Barney and Gary Bishop and I enjoyed the perfect outdoor play area, a special sandbox for our mining fantasies. Their grandmother, Georgie Bishop, lived in a house just west of ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct pricing of the Hike Home with a Miner Tour. A century before five peaks became the town of Breckenridge’s identity, the mountains were ...

The Gulf Breeze Zoo is going beyond animal encounters to offer a mining experience for kids after a strong tourism year allowed for expansion. The zoo's mining sluice was installed this week and will ...

A Gatehouse author’s new book looks at the life of two children who lived in a mining community. Claire Pepper has released James and Ann Children of a Lead Miner, 1841, which tells the story of two ...

Mines in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, once leading mineral producers, are preserved for public tours. Visitors can book tours to explore the underground history in the Iron Mountain Iron Mine, Quincy ...

RC Mine LLC, Dorchester County and various arms of our state and local governments have some serious explaining to do. How has MRC Mine been digging a sand pit strip mine just 50 feet from a ...