Across the American West, former mining settlements stand frozen in time, offering visitors a glimpse into the rise and fall ...

The poker game was fixed — that’s the story anyway. An out-of-work miner got “caught gambling crooked,” so the dealer pulled a pistol and emptied six bullets into the man, so says the 1915 coroner’s ...

More than a century after the Mountain West’s silver and gold rushes, mercury used to process those metals is still moving ...

The gold and silver mines of ancient Greece produced the metals needed to forge empires and lay the foundations of Western ...

Hycroft Mining Holding Corp., the owner of a non-operational gold and silver mine in northern Nevada, has seen its shares soar more than 425% over the past two months as precious metals prices have ...

The lightweight metal is the secret ingredient in the batteries that power everything from phones and tablets to solar panels and electric vehicles, and Nevada has some of the largest lithium deposits ...

Long assumed by some to have been diluted and washed away over time, mercury contamination from 19th-century gold mining is ...

CHEYENNE – U.S. Gold Corp., the gold exploration and development company spearheading the CK Gold Mine west of Cheyenne, announced Dec. 23 that the company has raised $31.2 million through a private ...

Hecla Mining agreed to sell a Quebec gold mine to Orezone Gold, as prices for the metal continue to rally and on Monday broke past a US$5,000 spot price for the first time. Orezone on Monday said it ...

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TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- McEwen Inc. (NYSE/TSX: MUX ) (“McEwen” or the “Company”) announces new drill results from the Gold Bar Mine Complex in the Eureka Mining District of Nevada, ...