A 16-year-old boy who fell about 50 feet down a mine shaft in Placer County was rescued by several emergency crews.

With little attention in the media, except in a few Western states, former President Joe Biden on Dec. 19 signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act. It was bipartisan ...

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 ...

A pair of Derbyshire urban explorers have shone fresh light on a concealed part of the county’s industrial heritage after an ...

The Biden administration has committed $22 million to reclaim abandoned coal mines in Southwest Virginia, the New River Valley and Central Virginia. The investment, announced last week ...

IT’S A VERY IT’S LIKE AN APPALACHIAN AREA ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN. A LOT OF DOGS ARE ABANDONED IN THE MINE SHAFTS AND IN DIFFERENT AREAS UP THERE. SHARON FISHER STARTED FISHERS FURRY FRIENDS OF ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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