It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal deposits were going to become big business. Investors like Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia banker and one of the richest men in the world, ...

New Zealand branch of international mining company OceanaGold is proposing further development through the Waihī North and ...

Mining has played a powerful role in the history of Hastings County, the January meeting of Hastings County Historical Society was told Tuesday evening.