Weathered, historic diamond-find ledgers, fossilised oyster shells, mineralised rock formations, salt deposits and old rusted ...

Photo: Wakil KOHSAR / AFP Source: AFP The mines ministry regularly publishes tenders for exploration and extraction projects ...

19 signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act. It was bipartisan legislation, more than 20 years in the making. It has been hailed by some as “the most important ...

“They [abandoned mines] have probably been a source of significant wildlife mortality for over 100 years,” said Saguaro National Park Biologist Don Swann. “Some of these are literally ...

While most of the abandoned mines in New Hampshire are not producing significant contamination, there are a few that have. (Courtesy of Trout Unlimited) With little attention in the media ...

However, for gamers who primarily play in survival mode, exploration is an essential and potentially dangerous factor in the game. While players must explore to find rare resources and biomes ...

This community of about 1,000 was doomed when a garbage fire ignited abandoned coal mines that ran right under the town. Despite every effort to extinguish it, the fire has been burning since 1962.

No vehicles crashed and no one was injured when the remains of the long-abandoned mine crumbled. But, for many, the sinkhole provided a sudden, alarming awareness that New Jersey is home to long ...

Photo by Peter Herrmann on Unsplash With the popularity of social media and people's fascination with abandoned places, urban exploration has become a popular activity for thrill-seekers and ...

Credit: Shayla Blatchford As a child, herding her grandmother’s sheep, Teracita Keyanna unknowingly wandered onto land contaminated with radioactive waste from three abandoned uranium mine and ...

An underground metals mine in New South Wales has made efforts to plug a hole made during exploration drilling that accidentally breached the tailings of an abandoned mine. Workers were drilling ...