Rights groups are criticizing South Africa's government for failing to prevent what they call a "massacre" at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and other essential ...

A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South Africa, where hundreds of illegal miners were reported to be trapped, ...

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

A long-abandoned mine caused a sinkhole on I-80 last month, highlighting the dangers lurking just beneath the surface across New Jersey.

Relatives and friends protest near a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in ... Rescuers work to ...

The collapse of an abandoned mineshaft on the side of the road caused the sinkhole that has shut down part of Interstate 80. Delays in the area have entered their third day, and motorists are ...

WHARTON, N.J. -- A sinkhole that cratered a section of I-80 in New Jersey was caused by an abandoned mineshaft collapsing underneath the highway, state transportation officials say. The I-80 ...

The massive 40-foot by 40-foot sinkhole that opened up a major New Jersey highway Thursday was caused by an abandoned mineshaft, officials said. Construction crews are working around the clock to ...

A sinkhole roughly the depth and width of a four-story building on a busy stretch of Interstate 80 in Wharton was caused by the collapse of an abandoned mineshaft, forcing workers to undergo ...

The collapse of an abandoned mineshaft created a giant sinkhole that took out the shoulder and right lane of I-80 east in Morris County, closing part of the busy highway, state officials said Friday.

The 40-foot by 40-foot sinkhole closed I-80 eastbound. A sinkhole on a northern New Jersey interstate that's closed eastbound traffic for over 24 hours was caused by a collapse of abandoned ...

A sinkhole on a northern New Jersey interstate that's closed eastbound traffic for over 24 hours was caused by a collapse of abandoned mineshaft, officials said. Interstate 80 eastbound in Wharton ...