A 54-year-old hiker’s fatal fall into an abandoned mine shaft near Ouray last month highlights a broader danger left behind ...
Abandoned coal mines could be significant sources of greenhouse gases, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Recent ...
For more than a century, abandoned mines such as the Triumph Mine in central Idaho have scarred the American West, leaking toxic heavy metals into waterways and threatening communities and ecosystems.
A recent tragedy in Colorado wasn't an anomaly. From drowning in quarries to stumbling into open pits, hundreds have died in ...
It doesn’t take much for a century-old mine shaft to cave in around you. Or for the mercury, lead or arsenic leftovers to leech into the Silver State’s already strained groundwater supply. That’s why, ...
Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...
SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is accepting public comment through Jan. 31, 2026, about the ...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kat Dahl and Mikayla Evans have deep connections to the Sean Williams-Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) case — and a lengthy series of text messages shows they bonded ...
A 54-year-old hiker’s fatal fall into an abandoned mine shaft near Ouray last month highlights a broader danger left behind ...