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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 ...

One moment, the forest is calm. Tree branches sway gently back and forth in the early afternoon wind as heat from the summer sun drenches the crown and understory growing below. It’s been hot, and ...

For the past 70 years, the King Coal Association has promoted and celebrated the history of mining in Southwestern ...

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.

Himlerville, Kentucky circa 1920. Himlerville was the coal camp for the Himler Coal company, a cooperatively owned mining operation in Martin County. Many of Himlerville’s original buildings still ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X As patch towns go, Upper Lehigh was upper crust, a coal company enclave so lovely that tourists ...

On a mild Colorado day, a group of twentysomethings is panning for gold. Not in the hills of Cripple Creek or Victor, but in the troughs at Western Museum of Mining & Industry on North Gate Boulevard.

Many mountain ranges near Tucson have significantly contributed to Arizona’s mining history. These include the Sierrita, Silver Bell, Patagonia and Santa Rita Mountains, which have a similar ...

Bitcoin mining was once nothing more than a lucrative hobby for nerdy cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The only hardware required, in the beginning, was a simple computer. Things have changed a lot in less ...

Unless you are given to chronic anxiety or suffer from nihilistic despair, you probably haven’t spent much time contemplating the bottom of the ocean. Many people imagine the seabed to be a vast ...

The five C’s of Arizona: Most elementary school students in the state of Arizona know them. “Copper, cotton, citrus,” said Arizona defensive tackle Tevin Hood, who hails from Chandler, Ariz. “I forget ...