Officials say Operation Vala Umgodi, or “Close the Pits”, will help eradicate a black market that drains the economy of as ...

Dan Lopez is a modern-day explorer who has focused his attention on the hundreds of abandoned mines hidden well below New Jersey's ground.

New Jersey is home to 600 of the nation's 500,000 abandoned mines, yet the danger they pose looms large in the state's north.

In Pennsylvania, where mining dates to the late 1700s, coal was mined in nearly half of the state’s 67 counties and there are at least 5,000 abandoned underground mines, leaving behind hazards ...

A Montana Department of Environmental Quality interactive database shows more than 7,000 abandoned mine features ranging from old gravel pits to exposed vertical mine shafts to tailings piles.

But since shuttering operations decades ago, the mine has been an environmental hazard, with abandoned tunnels and tailings piles leaching arsenic and other heavy metals into nearby waterways.

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded $19,640,380 for the environmental restoration of eight abandoned mine lands (AML) projects as part of the ...

The funding is part of the Abandoned Mine Lands and Acid Mine Drainage Grant Program. “These are great projects that will clean up legacy mine problems and improve the quality of life for Schuylkill ...

President Joe Biden signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act into law on Wednesday to clean up the Silver State’s 200,000 abandoned mines that pollute waterways and ...

The ghosts of the Silver State’s mining roots aren’t just spooky — they’re a serious environmental hazard. About half a million abandoned mines lie untouched across America, polluting waterways and ...