This 2014 photo provided by researchers shows a set of wooden hunting spears estimated to be about 200,000 years old ...

Coal mine explosion on May 1, 1900, was worst in U.S. history at the time. There were stories of survival, heroism. Read more ...

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.

according to the Mining History Association. The ovens were later operated by Cahaba Mining Co. to convert coal from 10 of its mines in the area. Cahaba was purchased by Tennessee Coal ...

A Trump effort to streamline the project would benefit the overseas steelmaking industry while putting Alabamians and the ...

A geology field trip will take participants into a historic coal mine and a fossil site on Saturday, May 3, according to a community announcement. Led by geologist Jeri Jones, the trip ...

Colorado School of Mines senior Alexandra Nickle will graduate with that same degree this year. She’s passionate about the future of mining but also loves teaching about its history.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... Ancient wooden spears unearthed over two decades ago in a German coal mine may be younger than previously thought ...