Ghost Town” is defined as a place where the population has declined significantly and the initial reason for the settlement ...

Biden signs law to clean up abandoned mines across the western U.S. In New Hampshire, many people may be unfamiliar with the issue. We tend not to think of our state as having old abandoned mines ...

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 ...

A long-abandoned mine caused a sinkhole on I-80 last month, highlighting the dangers lurking just beneath the surface across ...

An abandoned German Shepherd waited eight hours in a crowded Delhi marketplace for her owner to return, before being rescued by animal welfare activists. An abandoned German Shepherd waited eight ...

Forensic service workers carry bodies in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue miners from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15 ...

South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. A total of 246 ...

The entrance shaft of an abandoned mine is seen in Stilfontein on January 14, 2025. More than two dozen illegal miners have been rescued and at least 15 bodies recovered from an abandoned gold ...

The latest announcement comes as search and rescue efforts began wrapping up at the abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein following a monthslong standoff. The mine has been cordoned off by ...

Stilfontein, South Africa - January 14, 2025 Storyline: Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 after nine ...

Bench-Marks Foundation general manager Busi Thabane told Business Report on Thursday that there are more than 6000 abandoned gold mines and shafts across South Africa, while James Wellsted ...

Typically, undocumented miners move into mines abandoned by commercial miners and seek to extract whatever is left. Some are under the control of violent criminal gangs. Ministers have ...