We returned to a massive, multi-level abandoned mine late at night, starting our descent with a 200-foot drop down the ...

on his property near the entrance of an old ore mine. “This is a very real and scary issue. I’m hoping that Route 80 will bring this issue back to light,” Morris said. Abandoned mines are ...

"There is total lack of control over the number of potentially abandoned mines, the size of areas requiring restoration, and the severity of degradation and damage caused," stated the ANM document ...

The state Department of Environmental Protection lists 588 abandoned mines in its database, covering coveted minerals from copper to zinc. Some of the mines are thought to date to the 1600s.

South Korea is transforming abandoned coal mines into testing grounds for lunar exploration. The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) conducted a demonstration inside the ...

Hyderabad: To effectively utilise the abandoned open cast coal mines in Singareni, the coal company has decided to convert them into water ponds to enhance ground water in the area. The Singareni ...

April 9 (UPI) --The U.S. Interior Department said Wednesday $13 million in grants are being disbursed to reclaim abandoned mine lands in an effort to revitalize coal communities. "Restoring these ...