While sitting by his kitchen window one evening this past June, Peter Lucon felt the earth move. A mine shaft from the old Carrie Mine had opened up behind his house, causing a 30-foot sinkhole. -Read More-
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Hydrogeologist’s death leaves big shoes to fill in Montana mine cleanups
Tom Henderson, a hydrogeologist with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, told an audience attending an October water conference in West Yellowstone that a $22 million cleanup of gold mine waste in Soda Butte Creek outside of Yellowstone National Park was the highlight of his career. -Read More-
N.M. Abandoned Mine Land Program: Safeguard, Preserve & Reclaim
Welcome to our Project Story Map. Explore a selection of our projects or initiatives in several phases of development. These represent the diverse activities covered by the N.M. Abandoned Mine Land Program in the Mining and Minerals Division of the New Mexico Energy, Mineral and Natural Resources Department. -Read More-
Old mines present mammoth remediation task in N.M.
Steering his Toyota 4Runner through a dirt path in the town of Cerrillos, Todd Brown points to one of the piles of waste rock that have been sitting for decades in one of the most mineral-rich mining districts in the state. -Read More-
Walls cracking, pavement buckling at Wolf Branch Middle School
SWANSEA, Ill. – The Wolf Branch School District 113 held an emergency board meeting Monday night to try and address the problem of wall cracks, as well as buckling tile and pavement at Wolf Branch Middle School in Swansea. -Read More-
Wolf Branch hires architect to help fix sinking school — or build a new one
An architectural firm that will soon be helping Swansea’s Wolf Branch District 113 has experience building a new school for a Belleville district after its old one was damaged by mine subsidence. -Read More-
PSC Receives High Marks on Federal Review of Coal Regulatory and Abandoned Mine Lands Program
BISMARCK, ND – The North Dakota Public Service Commission’s Coal Regulatory and Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Program recently received results from its annual federal evaluation. The evaluation conducted by the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM) Reclamation and Enforcement concluded that no issues or concerns were raised and that the PSC “has effective and efficient […]
Bowman’s Halleck Mine reclamation snags top award
It wasn’t too long ago that a sizable chunk of earth in Bowman County randomly opened up and nearly swallowed its surroundings. It would soon become one woman’s job to ensure that the vulnerable plot of land, a former coal mine, would never again pose a danger. – Read More –
Need for abandoned mine program continues in N.D., but future uncertain
About $1.6 million will be dedicated this year to stabilize collapsing underground coal mines in central and western North Dakota, preventing sinkholes from developing on roadways. – Read More –
Coal Miner’s Water
During the 1940s, the Jennings and Crowson Co. near Millersburg mined several small tracts of land in western Callaway County. Click Here – Page 14