A 17-year-old boy who fell down a mineshaft last week continues to recover, and his rescue has brought attention to the issue of abandoned mines in Arizona.

In Arizona alone, the Department of Environmental Quality estimates that between 40,000 and 100,000 abandoned mines could be scarring the landscape, although a full inventory has never been completed.

PHOENIX (AZFamily)—Arizona’s mining history dates back to before it was even a state. Many of those mines are no longer being used and can pose a danger to firefighters fighting wildfires ...

Lawmakers are awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature on a bipartisan bill aimed at cleaning up abandoned mines around the country, including those in Arizona.

35 deaths from abandoned mines. The Arizona landscape is littered with more than 100,000 abandoned mines, including many that date back to the 1800s or even older.