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Grateful Dog Waits in the Driveway Every Day for the Miner Who Rescued Her 2 Years Ago: VIDEO

A rescued dog has found an adorable way to thank her rescuer. Since being rescued from a mine site in West Virginia, she waits patiently on the driveway for him to come home from work and has done so every single day for two years. Tim Fitzwater, a state mine inspector for West Virginia, who…


The Soilers (1923)

A miner’s treasure is falsely claimed by the corrupt local sheriff, and the miner must fight to get it back. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on…


Crystal Hunters Extract Chunks of Quartz Worth $30,000 With Bare Hands, And Their Treasure-Hunting Videos Go Viral

Gem hunter Louie Kappa knows the thrill of plucking 350-million-year-old quartz crystals from hidden rock cavities with his bear hands—especially if that sparkly stone is worth thousands. It’s all in a day’s work for Kappa, who specializes in mining Herkimer diamonds. A recent video shared on social media showed his friend Lara produce one of the…


Brazil Superior Court Rejects Brumadinho Indictments on Procedural Grounds

BRASILIA—Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice threw out on procedural grounds an indictment of 16 people in relation to the collapse of the Brumadinho dam owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA, a disaster that killed 270 people in 2019. A chamber of the court known as the STJ ruled on Tuesday that the charges filed by…


Brazil’s Vale Launches Self-Driving Trucks at Its Largest Iron Mine Carajas

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Thursday it had begun using self-driving trucks for the first time at its Carajas complex, its largest iron ore mining operation, as it continues to expand its use of the driverless technology. Vale expects to boost productivity and safety by using the trucks to haul iron ore,…