So far in this series, pretty much every material we’ve covered has had to undergo a significant industrial process to transform it from its natural state to a more useful product. Whether it’s the ...

Mining Rare Amethyst Scepter Crystals in North Carolina! Scepter crystals are some of the more rare formations of quartz crystals. This location is in Charlotte, North Carolina. There may be future ...

As I turned yet another shovelful of dirt, I thought about a comment made long ago by the millionaire, Andrew Carnegie: “Men are developed the same way gold is mined. When gold is mined, several tons ...

Excited screams filled the air as two of my sons jumped from the platform and plunged downward into the mine below. Within minutes, they dropped several hundred feet and had traveled over a half-mile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 300 acres of national forest land in Arkansas could soon become the site of quartz mining, and the public has until early May ...

The invention of the computer is often articulated like a three-act play: the idea of the computer arrives, then there is the process of how to make the computer and, finally, there is the creation.

Self-taught and self-termed citizen artist vanessa german is widely known for her sculptural works that feature poetic collections of both found objects and meticulously sourced materials. In her ...

SALINE COUNTY, Arkansas — Over 300 acres of national forest land in Arkansas could soon become the site of quartz mining, and the public has until early May to comment for or against. The U.S. Forest ...