Mining (18)

Imagine working for a company that owns your house, your grocery store, your church, and even your children’s schools. That was the reality of hundreds of thousands of Americans during...

November 13, 1909 was like any other day for the 480 men who went into the coal mine at Cherry, Illinois, to begin another day’s work. The mine at Cherry...

Discovered by Henry Wickenburg in 1863, the Vulture Mine was one of the greatest gold strikes in Western history, and went through many owners during its long life. The first...

What can a mostly abandoned town offer its curious visitors? A collection of unusual sights and experiences, especially if it’s the scenic coal-mining town of Iaeger, West Virginia. Part travelogue,...

Abandoned buildings provide us with a look at the past. Often these structures are all that’s left of the history of a bygone era. The images within these pages will...

In abandoned and forlorn places, there are clues to our past. Beaver County was once home to enormous industrial plants, deep coal and clay mines, productive farms, and many more...

Gilsonite is a solid hydrocarbon mined in vertical veins in southern Uintah County, Utah. It is found in veins anywhere from a foot to twenty-two feet in width, and a...

From native peoples to today’s inhabitants, this anthology collects Delta stories. For native peoples, the Delta satisfied mind, body, and spirit. For the Spanish recruiting native labor and souls, it...

The coal industry revolutionized early America, driving the economy for years before oil. What's left unheard of is the struggle of mankind and the sacrifices made to launch our nation...

Anthracite coal was mined in Northeastern Pennsylvania throughout the nineteen and twentieth centuries. The industry was a major employer in the region. It has been fifty to sixty years since...

Delve into the rich history of Idaho's mining legacy with Howard Frisk's Abandoned Mines of Eastern Idaho. Take a captivating journey through time and unravel the stories behind these once-thriving...

A vivid journey through Idaho’s forgotten mining towns, blending history, photography, and the lure of lost treasure. Begin your adventure through the hidden treasures of Idaho's rugged mountain landscapes with...

Captures the remnants of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s coal industry, preserving memories of the last coal breakers through evocative photography and historical markers. Relics of Anthracite in Northeastern Pennsylvania: Volume III continues...

The discovery of gold on the magical date of January 24, 1848, when James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill near Coloma, started a rush that was unprecedented in all...

Relics of Anthracite in Northeastern Pennsylvania: Volume II continues to explore the former anthracite industry through photography. Deep coal mining in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ended due to the Knox Mine Disaster. Pennsylvania...

This is the untold story of Lewis Chalmers, a Scottish mining capitalist who spent two decades chasing silver sixty miles south of the original Comstock Lode. In lengthy letters to...

Almost a century before Las Vegas became Nevada’s glittering jewel in the desert, the state was at the center of a history-making mining stampede: first silver and then gold, two...

Underground Birmingham: Images from Birmingham’s Iron Ore Mines takes the reader on a pictorial journey deep into the cold, dark and long abandoned mining tunnels that are now buried and...