The recent sinkholes on I-80 were caused by long-abandoned mines. See the map showing hundreds of closed New Jersey mines.

There's a really cool underground limestone mine in Kentucky that you can take a boat, kayak, or paddleboard tour in, and it ...

But the old mines also left behind a legacy of trouble for today’s Westerners. Abandoned mines dot the Western landscape, polluting the region’s streams with acid mine drainage and connecting the ...

Alexandra Lawler has counted 50 to 60 cracks throughout her Avalon Wharton apartment complex. She scrolls through pics of ...

When nail tech Sabrina Cazorla left her house Thursday to run errands, she saw the line of traffic that’s become commonplace ...

The Sterling Mine, the last operating mine in New Jersey, suspended large-scale commercial mining operations in 1986. Since ...

There are more than 400 abandoned mines across New Jersey. At one point, they were essential to the state economy.

Just because a mine has been exhausted of its ore, that doesn't necessarily mean it has no value. A 2023 study suggests that the shafts of such abandoned mines could serve as energy-storing gravity ...

The state Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation will examine the scene when the search concludes to see if the sinkhole was indeed caused by mine subsidence, spokesperson Neil Shader said.

Water is currently flowing from an old, abandoned mine, known as Island Creek Mine Complex in the Holden community in Logan County and out onto Holden Road and Orange Creek Avenue. DEP Deputy ...

With 588 abandoned mines throughout northern New Jersey, the Avalon apartments are far from the only structures built in proximity to these old shafts. Paul Santi, a professor of geology and ...