Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with scores reported dead
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners said, ...
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100 illegal miners reportedly dead after being trapped for months in South African mine
At least 100 men mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have reportedly died from starvation and ...
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Black Hills gold mining ban protects land, water, Sioux Nation church
The waters flowing from South Dakota's Black Hills have been sacred to the Lakota people for uncounted generations. After decades of resistance to mining interests, tribal nations and their allies ...
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Federal government approves 20-year mining ban in part of SD’s Black Hills
The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related ... Gulch area of the Black Hills National Forest, within a mile of Pactola Reservoir. The man-made mountain lake ...