Old mines pose myriad dangers, with 381 people killed and 152 injured at abandoned mine sites nationwide between 2000 and 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Old mines pose myriad dangers, with 381 people killed and 152 injured at abandoned mine sites nationwide between 2000 and 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

We returned to a massive, multi-level abandoned mine late at night, starting our descent with a 200-foot drop down the entrance shaft. Inside, we navigated through old infrastructure, spotting ...

A mine safety expert says many old mines in Western Pennsylvania have less than 50 feet of ground cover between the mine and the surface, making them vulnerable to collapse.

GREENSBURG, Pa. — Six puppies found abandoned in a West Virginia mine shaft are now safe in Westmoreland County. "I received a call from Paw Patrol. They're down in Wyoming County, West Virginia.

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 ...

Mine safety was thrust into recent headlines after Elizabeth Pollard, a 64-year-old grandmother, was swallowed up by a sinkhole in Unity Township, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 3.

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.

The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024, which passed its final congressional hurdle this week and landed on President Joe Biden's desk, would create a pilot program ...

She was found around 11 a.m. after crews spent days surgically excavating dirt from the old mine. "This was quite a relief. I'll be honest with you, I felt a little defeated yesterday.

She was found around 11 a.m. after crews spent days surgically excavating dirt from the old mine. "This was quite a relief. I'll be honest with you, I felt a little defeated yesterday.