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 ...

There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States ... the government affairs manager for the American Exploration and Mining Association, said to the New Mexican.

A group of Placer County teens will likely think twice before entering an abandoned mine after an ill advised exploration ...

In December, a woman in Pennsylvania died while searching for her cat after falling into a sinkhole exposed by a long-abandoned mine. The state is home more than 11,000 abandoned mines.

AT THIS MONROEVILLE APARTMENT COMPLEX, LEADING TO ANOTHER ABANDONED MINE. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND THE SINKHOLE WAS FILLED IN. STILL, ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED THERE ARE ...

It was published to address concerns about new mining projects, increased exploration efforts and issues with abandoned mines, said Josh Johnson, the central Idaho director for the Idaho ...

Nevada is home to more than 300,000 abandoned mines — mines that can kill you in an almost unimaginable number of ways. But those mines from Nevada’s olden days are attracting a modern-day ...

A program to reclaim and restore land contaminated by abandoned mines in Iowa has halted work due to funding uncertainty from the federal government. The Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation program ...

Wasatch and Summit search and rescue crews responded to a report that a snowmobiler was caught in an abandoned mine shaft in Soapstone Basin shortly before 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, according to ...

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 ...