A coal miner in Western Kentucky died after being pinned against a wall by a mobile digging machine in an underground mine, the first coal mining death in the state this year. Nathan G. Phillips, 36, ...

PROVIDENCE, Ky. (AP) - A coal miner has died after being pinned against a wall by a mobile digging machine in an underground western Kentucky mine. State mining officials say 36-year-old Nathan G.

A robot that can dig quickly and deeply into mud or wet sand could one day help lay underwater cables, dig up and detonate underwater mines, or anchor machines to the seafloor, researchers say. The ...

Mining company officials brought in a remote-controlled digging machine Sunday to help try to reach a worker missing since a tunnel collapsed deep inside a northern Idaho mine. The special digger must ...