The legacies of California’s 1849 Gold Rush and the relentless search for gold that continued decades later are well known: the rise of San Francisco; statehood; Wells Fargo; Levi’s jeans; a Bay Area ...

Nobody ever said thievery was a safe job. But high copper prices are tempting some folks to a particularly dangerous score—high-voltage electrical equipment. In a recent letter to the European Journal ...

Looming 2,799 m (9,183 ft.) above sea level, Gunung Ijen in Indonesia’s eastern Java is a volcanic wonder that attract hundreds of foreign and domestic tourists daily. During daytime, they climb the ...

Jobs do not get too much more dangerous than pulling sulfur straight out of an active volcano. The workers risk their lives for just $5 a day.(Photo: Troyce Hoffman/Caters News) Jobs do not get too ...

Photojournalists Tommy Trenchard and Aurélie Marrier d’Unienville were traveling across Asia on their honeymoon when they met a few miners who worked in a sulfur mine in eastern Java, Indonesia.

Parker Schnabel tests new equipment at Sulfur Creek as the crew races to start a second wash plant on Gold Rush ...

Vistra sent a cease and desist to the city on September 30. The City has argued that Vistra’s current rights to the land are ...