As state environment agencies remediate legacy pollution from uranium mines, one New Mexico lawmaker is seeking $50 million ...

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 ...

"It's a great opportunity to truly dig in and solve what hasn't been solved for 100 years," said Jeff Graves, director of the program. Stuck between a rich past and uncertain future, Colorado’s ...

Footage recorded inside an abandoned mine revealed unstable dynamite left behind long after operations ended. The explosives ...

State agencies, local governments and nonprofits currently can’t take on projects to clean up abandoned hardrock mines because of liability rules. New legislation in Congress co-sponsored by Sen. Mitt ...

What began as a stack of fragile, century-old mine maps is being transformed into an immersive 3D window into the past by ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Efforts are ramping up to document and fix abandoned coal mines in our region after a big increase in funding over the past couple of years from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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 problem for ...

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This marble mine stretches deep underground, with chambers so large they’ve filled with water. Kayaking through the mine ...

IT is a small country village admired for its postcard views, but beneath the dark waters of the river that runs through its ...

The Pacific Northwest is a prime region for ghost towns, with its desert areas preserving long-abandoned structures. Reddit ...