The United States Bureau of Land Management approved a new gold mine project near Wickenburg. The project raised environmental concerns regarding water usage, potential groundwater contamination and ...

PHOENIX — After he started hallucinating, John Waddell began to believe he would die. He had fallen 100 feet to the bottom of an abandoned gold mine in western Maricopa County, leaving him with ...

A 15-year-old teenager and two dogs were rescued from an abandoned well shaft on Saturday, according to the Nevada County Consolidated Fire District.

The state has an estimated 100,000 abandoned mines, according to the Arizona State Mine Inspector’s Office. However, officials have only identified about 19,000 of them, and they’ve secured ...

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — PennDOT announced Friday afternoon that damage from an abandoned mine has closed one section of a Cambria County roadway. Officials say Route 4027 (Main Street) in ...

In November 1963, a 15-year-old boy was playing with two friends in Ringwood in Passaic County when he fell an estimated 100 feet into an abandoned iron mine and was buried under a series of cave ...

“A lot of these mines are from the early 1900s. There was just no tracking of them,” said John Barber, who runs BLMs Oregon and Washington Abandoned Mine Lands Program.

We are doing more with less every day, yet, the Nevada State Police are forcing rural agencies like mine to shoulder their responsibilities as well. We don’t have the manpower or budget to pick up the ...

Elizabeth Pollard died in December after falling into a sinkhole at an abandoned mine in Unity Township, Westmoreland County.Action News Investigates has learned there are dozens of other ...

This abandoned mine in Humboldt County was the 20,000th old-mining hazard the Nevada Division of Minerals inventoried in the state as of July 2016.

The Lyon County Board of County Commissioners met on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 for a full day of presentations and addressed a wide-range of topics. Highlights from the meeting include: […] ...

In November 1963, a 15-year-old boy was playing with two friends in Ringwood in Passaic County when he fell an estimated 100 feet into an abandoned iron mine and was buried under a series of cave ...