Summit County loves its history. If you don’t believe me, try taking a tour sometime. I’ve had the privilege of taking two such journeys this fall. This first, was set up by Breckenridge Heritage ...

In Robert Wolensky’s eyes, the area’s mining history shared the same fate as the coal breakers that once dotted the local landscape. “Anthracite history was a history to be forgotten for many years ...

Brian Maki remembers growing up in some of the early days of Hoyt Lakes in the 1950s and ’60s, when the town sprang to life in service to the Erie Mining Company’s production facility 6 miles north.

REDSTONE, Colorado – The coal mines of Mid-Continent Resources, now a reclaimed area in nearby Coal Basin, have been closed down for more than 20 years, following 35 tumultuous years of operation. The ...

Galena was once a major hub of the Tri-State Mining District, one of the world’s largest lead and zinc mining regions. The ...

As mining edges back into Goa’s forest heartland, the state once again confronts a familiar and fraught question: can it ...

Men sit on stacked, cut logs piled in front of a wood- and log-frame mining structure at Ouray Mine in Breckenridge. Most of the men are dressed in collared work coats and hats. One man, possibly the ...

Jan. 5, 2006— -- Out of one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the world have come generations of powerful stories, almost all hinging on life and death and the suspense of waiting. "You ...

If ever you find yourself with some spare time and a hankering for a good film, I recommend “October Sky,” the 1999 movie about the childhood of former NASA engineer Homer Hickam Jr. Set in the ...

Kalispell Middle School teacher Kris Schreiner demonstrates how to use a sluice to eighth-graders, from left, Shyann Richsel, Hallie Granley and Kaylee Whitten during a lesson on panning for gold, ...