In the Colorado backcountry, the most dangerous hazards are the ones that don't look like hazards at all. The recent death of ...

A 54-year-old hiker’s fatal fall into an abandoned mine shaft near Ouray last month highlights a broader danger left behind ...

The Environmental Protection Agency attempted to conceal negligence in causing last year’s toxic wastewater blowout at an abandoned mine in Colorado, according to a report issued Thursday by the House ...

A Colorado woman who fell to her death after stumbling into a vertical mineshaft while hiking has highlighted a potential hazard that lies beneath our feet. On October 20, Jennifer Nelson, 54, slipped ...

In Colorado alone, there are hundreds, possibly thousands of abandoned mines discharging acid rock drainage, Jamison said. The potent stew of heavy metals accumulates as chemical reactions brew up ...

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 ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A ski-in, ski-out home with pieces of an abandoned Colorado mine is for sale in Crested Butte, with anything from reclaimed doors to pieces of gold-flecked granite in the foundation.