A few years ago, Chris Williams found a big tree on the grounds of an abandoned coal mine in Sutton, Alaska. It was six feet in diameter, stood more than 110 feet above the surrounding swamplands, and loved warm weather and steamy rain showers. The tree, a dawn redwood, died of unknown causes about 55 million years ago.
Yahoo! Sports: Abandoned coal mines are becoming the batteries of the future
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plans to fix up abandoned mine lands and clean a mine-polluted watershed in two Schuylkill County municipalities are moving ...
Republican Herald: Two abandoned coal mine sites in Schuylkill to be repaired with more than $8 million in state grants
Two abandoned coal mine sites in Schuylkill to be repaired with more than $8 million in state grants
Albuquerque Journal: First abandoned uranium mine cleanups have begun under New Mexico initiative
New Mexico's Environment Department plans to finish cleaning up at least one abandoned uranium mine by next summer, and has begun site evaluations at 15 uranium mine and mill sites in the northwest ...
Deep inside an abandoned mine in the Krusne hory (Ore Mountains) of northwest Czech Republic, Jakub Kristek's radiation meter crackles with urgency as he picks up a fist-sized rock. "Uranium ore," he ...
The Hill: Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine