Abandoned Mines

• 500,000 Abandoned Mines In US Are Like Ticking Time Bombs – Earth.com
• Abandoned Mines – Earthworks
• EPA says it isn’t monitoring an estimated 161,000 abandoned mines – The Guardian
• Ground Collapse: Old mines and prospects and sinkholes – NC DEQ
• The dizzying scope of abandoned mine hazards on public lands — High Country News
• Ticking Time Bombs- Abandoned U.S. Mines Posing Toxic Spill Dangers – NBC News

Arizona

• Arizona officials lack funds to find, secure at least 100,000 abandoned mines – Tuscon
• Abandoned Mines – Arizona State Mine Inspector
• ‘They are incredibly dangerous’: From the gold rush to copper mining, Arizona is home to 100K abandoned mines – 12news.com

Colorado

• Colorado Residents Fear Their Homes Are Sinking into Abandoned Coal Mines- A Growing Concern Amongst Locals – Business Upturn
• Colorado’s abandoned mines pose many dangers. This program works to protect them – KOAA
• No solid ground: Thousands of Front Range homes were built over areas with potential to collapse and could face additional risks due to oil and gas extraction – Boulder Weekly
• Sinking in Rockrimmon: Colorado Springs homeowners believe homes sinking into old coal mine – coloradopolitics.com
• WHAT LIES BENEATH? Springs’ coal-mining history leaves a maze of tunnels – and potential problems – gazette.com

Idaho

• Sinkholes, poison gas and dynamite: Inside abandoned mines – AP News

Illinois

• Abandoned mines threaten homes, roads – The State Journal Register
• Coal mine subsidence damages, cracks Belleville IL homes – Belleville News-Democrat
• Homes evacuated over Benld mine collapse – FOX 2
• Illinois district closes middle school sinking from mine subsidence underneath – Fox News
• Illinois is littered with abandoned mines. The federal infrastructure bill pumps new funds into reclaiming that land – WCBU P
• Maps of the old mines under Missouri and Illinois – FOX 2
• Mine subsidence forces Belleville street and grocery store to temporarily close – ksdk.com
• Mining subsidence risk in southwestern IL may be worst in nation – Metro East Chronicle
• Ruler Foods in Belleville IL remains closed for inspections – Belleville News-Democrat
• Subsidence – IllinoiS DNR

Indiana

• Abandoned coal mines pose risk to property owners – The Journal Record

Kentucky

• Mayor: Damage reported in downtown Providence due to abandoned mine collapse – 14 News
• Tri-State county leaders explain longtime problem of coal mine subsidence – 14 News

Michigan

• Abandoned mines aplenty, but cash to clean, close them, scarcer – Spartan Newsroom – MSU
• City of Ishpeming responds to sinkhole near abandoned mine shaft – UP Matters
• Sinkhole forms in U.P. city after shifting of fill material in abandoned mine – mlive.com

New Jersey

• Hidden underground danger: North Jersey’s 600 abandoned mines – North Jersey
• In Franklin Borough, the ground is sinking. Abandoned mines to blame – New Jersey Herald

Nevada

• 2015 Nevada Abandoned Mine Land Report – PDF

• Nevada has the most abandoned mines in the nation. Why is it taking so long to seal them? – The Nevada Independent

Ohio

• Danger below: Insurance available for homes built above abandoned mines – Yahoo!

• Do you live near any of the thousands of abandoned mines in Ohio- (interactive map) – Cleveland 19 News

• Is an abandoned mine causing home foundations in Wadsworth to crack? (PHOTOS) – Cleveland 19 News

• Residents forced from their homes in Wadsworth where mine collapse may have damaged condos – News 5 Cleveland

Pennsylvania

• Abandoned mine subsidence damages VFW, local homes – WPXI
• Derry Township tremor reclassified as mine collapse – TribLIVE
• Editorial: Addressing Pennsylvania’s unseen blight of abandoned mines – TribLIVE.com
• Families plead for help after mine subsidence damaged Pittsburgh-area homes – CBS Pittsburgh
• How to check if your home is at risk for abandoned mine subsidence damage – WPXI

Utah

• Thousands of abandoned mines dotting U.S. West both alluring and dangerous for those who seek them out. In Utah alone, the state is trying to seal more than 10,000 open mines with cinderblocks and metal grates after people have died in various accidents.  – The Denver Post

• US West’s abandoned mines hold danger and, for some, thrills – NY1

Virginia

• Look out below: Abandoned mines pose danger in Chesterfield – WRIC ABC 8

Reports

• Abandoned Hardrock Mines- Information on Number of Mines, Expenditures, and Factors That Limit Efforts to Address Hazards – US GAO

  • Abandoned Mines: Information on the Number of Hardrock Mines, Cost of Cleanup, and Value of Financial Assurances – GAO

  • Highlights – ABANDONED MINES: Information on Numbers of Hardrock Mines, Cost of Cleanup, and Value of Financial Assurances – GAO

• Abandoned Mines- Information on the Number of Hardrock Mines, Cost of Cleanup, and Value of Financial Assurances – U.S. GAO

• Subsidence from Underground Mining Environmental Analysis and Planning Considerations – US DOI – Geological Survey Circular PDF

Academic Papers

• The risk of collapse in abandoned mine sites- the issue of data uncertainty – De Gruyter Open Access

Maps

• County Coal Data – ILMINES WIKI
• Illinois Mine Permits – Illinois DNR
• Inactive U.S. Metal Mines as of 2012 – SkyTruth
• Mineral Resources Data System- Records graded for completeness and consistency – USGS
• Mines of Ohio Viewer – ODNR
• Missouri Mine Repository – Missouri Geological Survey
• PA Abandoned Mines
• PA – Mine Supsidence Insurance – Department of Environmental Protection

Websites

• Abandoned Mine Lands – Bureau of Land Management
• Abandoned Mine Lands – US Forest Service
• AbandonedMines.gov
• ILMINES WIKI
• National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs – NAAMLP
• National Mine Map Repository – Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement