Female prospectors in the California, Klondike, and Nevada mining booms fought sexism and claim thieving to be taken seriously

A successful Ontario graphite mine is forever submerged under Black Donald Lake

The tiny mining town of Joachimsthal was an inspiration for many famous scientists

Georgius Agricola’s “De Re Metallica” was the seminal text on metallurgy and mining for centuries

Coloured by wars, booms, busts and a blow up, the site in South Carolina is rich in gold and history

The dark labour history of Scottish coal mines