Officials said the friend group decided to rappel down the mineshaft on Feb. 9 when the teen got stuck A 16-year-old boy was ...

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Despite ecological concerns, the lure of gold in the Indus has turned a desolate area into a bustling hub for mining.

A teen was rescued after becoming trapped in an abandoned mine shaft in Placer County on Monday, according to California ...

AUBURN — A 15-year-old boy was rescued from a Northern California mine shaft, officials said Monday. It happened in the Placer County city of Auburn near China Bar in the Auburn State Recreation Area, ...

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The mine rescue was the first of its kind that the department has responded to, Eldridge shares. She is now warning people to be careful, noting that Placer County has been a center for gold ...

The entire stretch of Nowshera district from Kund to Nizampur, where the turquoise waters of the Indus merge with muddy torrents from the Kabul, has seen large-scale placer gold mining.