Last year’s tragic events at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa show the danger of poor information in policing ...

She said: “The miners never had much money and those lads took their wage packets and put them in their pockets and went down ...

The opera, Gresford – Up From Underground, tells the story of the 1934 Gresford mining disaster in which 266 men and boys lost their lives in an underground explosion. Ms Davies’ father, Ivor Owen ...

Twelve West Virginians miners lost their lives 20 years ago today in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s history. On Jan. 2, 2006, an explosion and collapse in the Sago mines trapped ...

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the explosion which ended up claiming 12 lives at the Sago Mine in Upshur County ...

SAGO, W.Va (WDTV) - Friday marks 20 years since a mining disaster rocked a small Upshur County community. On January 2nd of 2006, the world’s attention was on the community of Sago. A mine explosion ...

It has been 20 years since 13 miners were trapped in the Sago Mine in Upshur County. Of those miners, 12 died in the tragedy.

Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will be marked throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. A full calendar of regional events is available at and will be updated with ...

There are many mine disasters that have occurred in the Mountain State throughout the years. One such disaster is the Sago Mine Disaster that occurred on January 2, 2006 at the the Sago Mine in Upshur ...

More than 170 federal staffers working to protect miners from explosions and deadly diseases were reinstated this week.

The Trump administration and U.S. Congress are launching a plan this week to overturn former President Joe Biden's mining ban ...

Probably the quickest way for genealogists to find those records of ancestors is to contact and join the Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. Located at 57 N. Franklin St. in Wilkes-Barre, it ...