CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa ... illegally in the abandoned ...

One African country is home to the deepest gold mine in the world with staggering depths and intense temperatures.

The company said two employees died at Doornkop Mine, where all blasting operations have been temporarily suspended, and ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

The mine is more than a mile deep with multiple shafts ... The government says they are robbing South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than 1,500 people ...

Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close ... The mine is 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) deep with multiple shafts, many levels and a maze of tunnels.

Fury Gold Mines Limited (TSX and NYSE American: FURY) (“Fury” or the “Company”) announces that a drill has been mobilized to ...

Newsweek has contacted the South African Police Service for further comment. Rescuer workers assist an illegal miner who has been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein ...

Rescue workers have recovered 78 bodies from a worsening disaster in an abandoned South African gold mine, sparking fierce ... for the workers who venture deep underground in search of tiny ...

The mine is 1.5 miles deep with multiple shafts ... The government says they are robbing South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold. Authorities said that more than 1,500 people have ...

CARLETONVILLE, South ... mine. It was the beginning of discussions about how to bring the miners to the surface. It also was the first time a specially designed cage that can be lowered as deep ...