On the morning of February 24th, 1923, a routine ascent from the depths of Medomsley Colliery turned into one of the darkest ...

Hundreds are still believed to be trapped, and the death toll is expected to rise, in a disaster that ... A specialist mining rescue company has been dropping a small cage thousands of meters ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...

Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and ...

Authorities initially deemed it too dangerous for official rescue personnel to enter the mine, leaving community volunteers familiar with its layout to descend in the cage. Here, they pulled ...

Hundreds are still believed to be trapped Wednesday and the death toll is expected to rise in a disaster ... A specialist mining rescue company has been dropping a small cage thousands of feet ...

Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) From ...

A memorial event for the 183 victims of the 1942 underwater coal mine disaster in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was held on Saturday ahead of the 83rd anniversary of the tragedy. Organized by a civic ...

Many say the unfolding disaster underground was clear weeks ago, when community members sporadically pulled decomposing bodies out of the mine ... down Thursday in a cage that was used to pull ...

Two Zimbabwean nationals have emerged from the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa after weeks underground, where they endured harrowing ...

Many say the unfolding disaster underground was clear weeks ago, when community members sporadically pulled decomposing bodies out of the mine ... down Thursday in a cage that was used to pull ...