With the remnants of the abandoned mine shafts still in sight, few could imagine how this once devastated and scarred old ...

Six puppies were rescued from an abandoned mine by a local animal rescue in Westmoreland County. KDKA-TV's Erika Stanish has ...

"With the excessive exploitation of resources, the vegetation on the mountains was severely damaged, and many areas turned into abandoned mines," said Wang. With remnants of the abandoned mine ...

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, except in a ...

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 ...

David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs and eliminating criminal syndicates.

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

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The work to fill an abandoned mine after a woman fell in through a sinkhole in December is almost complete. “I just couldn’t believe it. I was in shock,” said Marilyn ...

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 ...

Some 18 bodies have been brought out of the abandoned mine in northwestern town of Stilfontein since Friday. But some 500 more are still trapped inside after being stuck underground for nine months.