Shaaw Tláa, part of the prospectors group who kicked off the Yukon gold rush, is finally recognized for essential role in Canada’s mining history

James Hutton, a failed lawyer and doctor, was the first person to suggest that Earth was millions, rather than thousands, of years old and established geology as a true science

Canadian hard rock miners carried out critical tunnelling work at Gibraltar during the Second World War

In Andean folklore, a goblin with mysterious motives roams through the tunnels of underground mines

The many fraudsters of Kansas's goldless rush

In ancient Egypt, gold and other metals had deep religious significance