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 ...

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

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 ...

Rick Sr. discovered a 150-year-old abandoned gold mine on a remote Arizona ranch 40 years ago and dreamed of saving the old ore cart. Now, his son, owner of Murphys Diesel, has built Hellboy, a ...

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using “gravity batteries ...

Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically. Thousands of workers were employed and millions of ...

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 ...

Canada's village of Cumberland has began using abandoned coal mines to supply clean geothermal heating and cooling for homes ...