15 abandoned mine clean-ups are in the works. Here’s how Nevada may benefit It took 25 years for Congress to authorize nonprofits to clean up abandoned mines without the risk of tall fines.

Nevada, with the most abandoned mines of any state in the nation, is likely to benefit from at least a few of the 15 proposed clean-ups, said Rob Ghiglieri, ...

About half a million abandoned mines lie untouched across America, polluting waterways and posing a threat to human safety. Nevada has the most of any state with about 200,000, according to the ...

In Pennsylvania, there are at least "5,000 abandoned underground mines." Many more states, including others in Appalachia, plus Nevada and California, are also dotted with them.

With little attention in the media, except in a few Western states, former President Joe Biden on Dec. 19 signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act. It ...

It’s estimated, for example, that there are 106,000 such mines in Nevada and 8,800 in Idaho. About 100 persist in New Hampshire. (Courtesy of Trout Unlimited) ...

There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and these long-forgotten facilities can pose a variety of risks to people ...

The remnants of Nevada’s abandoned boomtowns and settlements are scattered across the desert, if you know where to look. Experts say that Nevada has up to 600 ghost towns throughout the state.