The federal Office of Surface Mining, under the Abandoned Mine Lands program, is sending $66.5 million to West Virginia to help clean up abandoned coal mines in the state. This new funding, the most ever granted to our state under this program, will enable us to continue the good work of restoring our mined lands," said Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.
ONLINE: Read the budget and read more about the AML program: www.doi.gov/budget/2012/12Hilites/BH029.pdf wvgazette.com/News/ AbandonedPromises The Obama administration is bringing back its proposal to stop sending money intended for cleaning up abandoned coal mines to states that have already reclaimed all of their old mine sites.
On Nov. 1, a 30-year-old woman was exploring an abandoned mine with family members in Kern County. The woman had entered a dark, underground tunnel when the ground gave way and she fell at least 50 feet to her death. Dangerous abandoned mines like Tungsten Peak, where this tragedy occurred, litter the California landscape.
On Nov. 1, a 30-year-old woman was exploring an abandoned mine with family members in Kern County. The woman had entered a dark, underground tunnel when the ground gave way and she fell at least 50 feet to her death. Dangerous abandoned mines like Tungsten Peak, where this tragedy occurred, litter the California landscape. There are 47,000 statewide and 500,000 across the western states. Many have ceased operations a century ago and the owners or responsible parties are long gone.
MORGANTOWN - Legislators have waited 3 1/2 years and spent more than $220,000 to learn whether coal slurry pumped into abandoned underground mines is dangerous to people who live nearby. The answer? No one knows. A new 418-page report by researchers at West Virginia University concludes that while the wastewater from cleaning coal could potentially affect water supplies, wells and public health, there's no proof it has or will.
BENLD, Ill. - The way a few teachers tell it, the elementary school in the central Illinois farming town suddenly started giving off freakish cracking and popping sounds on a Saturday not too long ago. Walls sprouted lightning bolt-shaped cracks and floors buckled, dooming the building on a day thankfully no students were inside. The culprit: A long-abandoned coal mine hundreds of feet below whose pillars had given way. It's a wildly unpredictable phenomenon all too common across coal country, where over the years scores of homes, schools, businesses and roads have cropped up over closed mines that threaten their stability.
EUREKA, Juab County -- Plans to bury or seal 116 abandoned mines near this semi-ghost town are drawing opposition from groups saying Utah's mining legacy is getting the shaft. But officials from the state Division of Oil, Gas and Mining -- which plans to begin reclamation work on the abandoned mines this week -- said, "Stay out, stay alive." They also said they are eliminating "attractive nuisances" that pose a liability to land owners and potentially fatal dangers to mine enthusiasts venturing into the mine shafts.
BENLD, Ill. - The way a few teachers tell it, the elementary school in the central Illinois farming town of Benld suddenly started giving off freakish cracking and popping sounds on a Saturday not too long ago. Walls sprouted lightning bolt-shaped cracks and floors buckled, dooming the building on a day no students were inside. The culprit: A long-abandoned coal mine hundreds of feet below whose pillars had given way. It's a wildly unpredictable phenomenon all too common across coal country, where over the years scores of homes, schools, businesses and roads have cropped up over closed mines and threatened their stability.
With some 12,000 abandoned mines hiding in the hills and crags of San Bernardino County, federal legislation to clean and shutter these old work sites stands to make a big imprint on the local landscape. The Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2008, introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein last month, would establish a fund to secure and clean the estimated 500,000 abandoned mines nationwide. Under the bill, the secretary of the interior would inventory sites mined for gold, silver, lead, minerals and precious gems, and establish priorities for cleanup.
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