“This legislation will ensure significant progress in our efforts to clean up abandoned mines in Nevada and across the United States,” said Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo. “Too often, government ...

19 signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines ... Most of the hundreds of thousands of hardrock mines that leak arsenic, lead, and other heavy metals into our waterways are ...

At 3:40 a.m. on Thursday, firefighters were called out to rescue a dog that had fallen 50 feet into an abandoned mine shaft. Emergency crews search for two men swept away in Northern California river ...

It’s estimated, for example, that there are 106,000 such mines in Nevada. About 100 persist in New Hampshire. While most of the abandoned mines in our state are not producing significant ...

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. While most of the abandoned mines in New Hampshire are not ...

An underground metals mine in New South Wales has made efforts to plug a hole made during exploration drilling that accidentally breached the tailings of an abandoned mine. Workers were drilling ...

The recent enactment of the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act will help clean up and improve water quality in and around abandoned hardrock mines.

salt deposits and old rusted excavators are just a few of the relics found at derelict and abandoned mines across the Richtersveld region, part of the broader Namaqualand in the Northern Cape.

The Northern Territory government is planning to start rehabilitating one of the Top End's most toxic abandoned mines within months while trying to regain the trust of traditional owners worried ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rescuers continued retrieving bodies Wednesday from an abandoned South African gold mine with hundreds more ...