Mining

Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

A seven-story wooden coal tipple stands this former mine, the last of many that once covered this area.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

This ghost-town bar has bullet holes and plenty of stories lurking within its walls.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

The resilient spirit of this remote mining town burns bright in its eclectic memorabilia.

The concrete skeletons of an abandoned Swedish town hide among the trees.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

This colonial mining complex is now home to magnificent themed gardens.

Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.