As the history books will tell you, the mining industry has taken thousands of lives over the years. When the Industrial ...

The North Jersey home built by the founders of Scranton, Pennsylvania and home to an accomplished musician, on the market for ...

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold ...

For some, Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts evoke images of coal mines, industrial sprawl ... of “Donets Basin,” the term ...

When English leaders began fretting about coal, the late-20-something Jevons decided he wanted to address their concerns. And ...

A new "time tunnel" exhibition which tells the history of British coal mining has opened in West Yorkshire. The feature, ...

Prohibition was in full force in February 1923 when Deputy Sheriff R.T. Edwards arrested three bootleggers in Sego, Utah, ...

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the dangerous workplaces.

Today, while large-scale mining has diminished ... Her designs are inspired by 19th-century traditions when miners created simple coal beads as gifts for their loved ones. Beyond jewellery, Upper ...

In the early 20th century ... us?" Mining was another extremely dangerous occupation. "It's, by the nature of the work, inherently dangerous to go under the earth to excavate the coal," Rosenow ...

“Jewellery from coal is first and foremost a symbol of mining hardships,” Depa tells ... the first coal beads appeared in Upper Silesia in the 19th century, and were made by miners for ...