(FOX40.COM) — A teen was rescued after becoming trapped in an abandoned mine shaft in Placer County on Monday, according to California State Parks. A 15-year-old boy was in the area of China Bar ...

What causes sinkholes? Traffic nightmares worsen as new sinkhole opened on Rt 80 - shutting down traffic in both directions.

Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That's what searchers in ...

But the old mines also left behind a legacy of trouble for today’s Westerners. Abandoned mines dot the Western landscape, polluting the region’s streams with acid mine drainage and connecting the ...