When an abandoned mineshaft beneath Interstate 80 in Morris County collapsed the morning after Christmas, closing the eastbound side of the highway for four days, everyone took notice. No vehicles ...

A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 17, 2025. Drivers on Interstate 80 long have grappled with gridlock, sun glare and other unavoidable headaches of traveling in a densely ...

NEW JERSEY — An unstable crater in the forest floor is just another reminder of the state's rich mining history and the many tunnels left behind and hiding just under the surface. Timothy Rack stands ...

A sinkhole roughly the depth and width of a four-story building on a busy stretch of Interstate 80 in Wharton was caused by the collapse of an abandoned mineshaft, forcing workers to undergo sizeable ...

Editor's Note: This story was originally published on May 31, 2018. Not all explorers are relegated to the pages of history books. One modern-day explorer is shedding light on some pretty dark places.

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

Preliminary information suggests the man "may have been preparing to descend into the mine when the edge gave way" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University ...

For more than a century, abandoned mines such as the Triumph Mine in central Idaho have scarred the American West, leaking toxic heavy metals into waterways and threatening communities and ecosystems.

IRON COUNTY, Utah (WKRC) - A man fell nearly 50 feet into an abandoned mine. According to PEOPLE, citing information from the Iron County Search and Rescue, a man fell approximately 50 feet into an ...