The U.S. Interior Department said Wednesday $13 million in grants are being disbursed to reclaim abandoned mine lands in an ...

The mine ceased operations in 1938 due to depleted ... a glacier-carved valley and embark on one of Alaska's most picturesque drives. For those with a taste for adventure, activities like rafting ...

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 cleanups, said Rob Ghiglieri, administrator of the state Division of ...

Now a new and perhaps even more vexing concern has emerged: Highway sinkholes stemming from long-abandoned mines. Three sinkholes have opened up along I-80 in Wharton since late December.

South Korea is transforming abandoned coal mines into testing grounds for lunar exploration. The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) conducted a demonstration inside the ...

The abandoned mines that have caused sinkholes on I-80 in New Jersey will be monitored by both state and federal officials to ensure the safety of the highway, officials said. Gov. Phil Murphy’s ...