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 ...

This story was originally published by Columbia Insight. The bats of Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge have a new roost to ...

The scheme will explore whether water in flooded mines can be used with heat pump technology to warm homes. If successful, the county's 400 abandoned mines could improve options for off-gas grid ...

The Unity sinkhole investigators suspect a woman fell into late Monday could be the result of an abandoned mine, according to ...

He also cited legacy environmental and social issues associated with abandoned mines built on Indigenous land. Concerns of Indigenous communities are usually "not an unsurmountable obstacle ...