The dangerous ones are in Arizona and Nevada. It's a shame the ... publishes some of the locations of abandoned mines. Some of the old books, maps, and geology reports the DEP's Division ...

The dangerous ones are in Arizona and Nevada. It's a shame the ... publishes some of the locations of abandoned mines. Some of the old books, maps, and geology reports the DEP's Division of ...

Nevada has the most abandoned mines of any state in the country. Since 1961, 19 people have died in these mine sites and 24 people have been injured, according to state records. “Because of ...

A new law decades in the making could finally lead to the cleanup of some of the thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado that leak toxic metals and acid into the headwaters of the rivers that ...

A crumbling mineshaft caused the 40-foot-by-40-foot sinkhole that closed part of the highway, state transportation officials said.

The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden on Dec. 19, is the first step in removing burdensome legal liabilities for groups and state ...

Requires public notice, NEPA analysis, comment period and public hearing. Targets projects designed to improve environmental conditions. Utah has an estimated 17,000 abandoned mine openings scattered ...

A new federal law may speed up local government, tribal and nonprofit efforts to clean up abandoned mining projects threatening waters across the West, including in New Mexico. The law establishes a ...

Authorities are warning the public to look out for signs of abandoned mines and landslides. This comes after a Westmoreland County woman died falling into a sinkhole caused by abandoned mine lands ...