Lowell, Arizona, was once a prospering copper mining town located southeast of Bisbee. Today, it's famous for its historic ...

Dan Lopez is a modern-day explorer who has focused his attention on the hundreds of abandoned mines hidden well below New ...

A new law decades in the making could finally lead to the cleanup of some of the thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado ...

There was a healthy dose of skepticism in Butte, Mont., when Hollywood producers began showing up to shoot their shows. Now, ...

New Jersey is home to 600 of the nation's 500,000 abandoned mines, yet the danger they pose looms large in the state's north.

a 64-year-old grandmother, was swallowed up by a sinkhole in Unity Township, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 3. Pollard seemingly fell into the hole which led to an abandoned mining shaft, and her remains ...

The term "ghost town" is often used to describe a wide range of deserted communities, from once-thriving industrial hubs to remote mining outposts. While there is some debate over the precise criteria ...

In Arizona alone, the Department of Environmental Quality estimates that between 40,000 and 100,000 abandoned mines could be scarring ... Day death of 8-year-old injured at Arizona Biltmore ...

During one excursion, the 43-year-old Vernon resident entered a mine in one town and by the time he exited, he was in another town. "Abandoned mines get a bad rep," Lopez said. "They are historic ...

A new law decades in the making could finally lead to the cleanup of some of the thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado that ... groups that wanted to clean up old mine sites — so-called ...