Mining

A super-sized wheelbarrow that sits at the roadside.

This bronze memorial pays tribute to a local dog.

A mining camp built around an unexpected occurrence of silver.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

Bodie's 20th-century rival was a paragon of respectability and calm—but the mines eventually ran dry.

Learn about the history of mining and making salt at this Cheshire museum.

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

Well-preserved ruins in the Pine Grove Hills of western Nevada.

This small canyon park was once the main street of Silver City—until a flood washed it away.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.

Featuring a Loretta Lynn display and a re-created coal mine exhibit.

The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.

This building played host to some of the most influential minds of the Industrial Revolution and now serves as a reminder of the influence of Northern coalfields.

At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.

An old mining site that is slowly being reclaimed by nature.