When Jerry Craghead stepped on a mine grate called a grizzly, in a tunnel in the Eagle Mine at Gilman, Colorado, the grizzly gave way and Craghead nearly plunged down ...

Explore how Colorado’s early agriculture grew from sandy soils to thriving farms supporting mining towns, powered by railroads and resilient ...

VICTOR, Colo. (KOAA) — The last active gold mine in Colorado sits in Victor, a historic mining city founded in 1891 that has seen its population decline drastically over the past several decades. Now, ...

On a mild Colorado day, a group of twentysomethings is panning for gold. Not in the hills of Cripple Creek or Victor, but in the troughs at Western Museum of Mining & Industry on North Gate Boulevard.

A 54-year-old hiker’s fatal fall into an abandoned mine shaft near Ouray last month highlights a broader danger left behind by Colorado’s rich mining history: more than 23,000 inactive mining sites, ...