The near-tragic accident in Pennsylvania illustrates a hazard that coal miners have worried about for years: Maps of many abandoned mines are inaccurate, in part because former operators voraciously ...

WILKES-BARRE – Robert Hughes stopped his maroon SUV in the middle of Espy Street, turning on his flashers to let drivers know he might be there for a while. He knelt by an uncovered hole in the street ...

Municipalities in the former anthracite mining area are being offered free mining maps to assist in community planning, coping with possible natural gas pipeline placement and with mine subsidence ...

Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett announced yesterday the release of Department of Environmental Protection’s “Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas.” The online tool is a detailed map of the state’s underground mines.The ...

Two recent coal mine accidents in Appalachia have led to calls for establishment of national standards for documentation of underground mines and for a reassessment of the state of technologies, such ...

RHINEBECK >> The Town Board has wrapped up the public hearing on whether to adopt a zoning map that correctly identifies the boundaries of mining activity instead of the entire parcels where mining ...

CORNING – Mike Jones would watch as his grandfather left the house in coughing fits, spitting up blood in the yard — the result of decades working in a Corning-area coal mine. Jones, now 69, lives in ...

The number of mining claims on U.S. public lands is growing. A 27% increase since 2019 has brought the total to nearly a half-million. A new study showed many are in close proximity to, and could ...

AN HISTORICAL map of the main branch of the Horná Bíberova štôlňa (Upper Bíber’s Mine) in the Banská Štiavnica region dating back to 1641 has been restored by experts from the State Central Mining ...

WILKES-BARRE – Robert Hughes stopped his maroon SUV in the middle of Espy Street, turning on his flashers to let drivers know he might be there for a while. He knelt by an uncovered hole in the street ...