Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of tourists remains trapped inside the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado (AP) One person died and 23 ...

LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the ...

A rusting machine in the mountains can say more about the West than any polished museum display ever could. Out on a quiet ...

Twelve people trapped deep beneath the surface of a former Colorado gold mine turned popular tourist destination were rescued Thursday night after an elevator malfunctioned, authorities said. The ...

Twelve people were rescued after being trapped for hours at the bottom of a Colorado gold mine tourist site due to an elevator malfunction. One person died in the incident, and an investigation into ...

Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a separate group of 12 ...

The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety sent a cease and desist letter to the owners of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek. The mine in Teller County is where a tour guide ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray news) - A woman who was part of the group trapped underground following an elevator malfunction at a Colorado tour mine says law enforcement did well to keep them ...

(CNN) — One person has died, 11 people have been rescued and 12 people remain trapped at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell said Thursday ...

The state announced Thursday the completion of a nearly year-long effort to extinguish a burning pile of century-old coal mining debris near Florence. The pile of rock, dirt and low-quality coal began ...

A hidden fire that has been burning underground near Meeker since the 1930s is now hot enough that state crews are racing to stop it from sparking a wildfire above ground.