NEVADA COUNTY, Calif — A man is on the road to recovery after falling into an abandoned mine shaft in Nevada County. Late Friday night, the man was reportedly searching for a lost dog in the area of ...

Man rescued from Nevada mine shaft while looking for his lost dog; firefighters conducted a complex operation to save him.

The man was looking for his lost dog late Friday when he fell 30 feet down an abandoned mine shaft, said Nevada County fire officials ...

NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. — A 15-year-old and two dogs were rescued from an abandoned well Saturday evening in Nevada County. Firefighters responded to a 911 call just before 7 p.m. along the 13000 block ...

Nevada is home to more than 300,000 abandoned mines — mines that can kill you in an almost unimaginable number of ways. But those mines from Nevada’s olden days are attracting a modern-day problem for ...

These Five Former Boomtowns Invite You To Step Into the State’s Mining History On the northern edge of the Mojave Desert sits the remnants of a former boomtown. There, visitors are greeted by the ...