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 ...

One of the original UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Poland's Wieliczka Salt Mine was one of the world's oldest continuously operating mines until workers ceased production in 2007. Now, Wieliczka is ...

While most of the abandoned mines in New Hampshire are not producing significant contamination, there are a few that have. (Courtesy of Trout Unlimited) With little attention in the media, except in a ...

For more than a century, abandoned mines such as the Triumph Mine in central Idaho have scarred the American West, leaking toxic heavy metals into waterways and threatening communities and ecosystems.

When an abandoned mineshaft beneath Interstate 80 in Morris County collapsed the morning after Christmas, closing the eastbound side of the highway for four days, everyone took notice. No vehicles ...

A Washington state man died while exploring an abandoned mine on Prince of Wales Island earlier this month, leading to an extended recovery effort. Fifty-year-old Devin Albert was visiting his cousin ...

The House passed a bill to repurpose $500 million meant for cleaning up coal country’s environmental and safety hazards.

Abandoned coal mines could be significant sources of greenhouse gases, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Recent research reveals that these forgotten sites continue to influence our ...