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Cambria County to clean up century-old mining site, boost local wildlife and water quality
Nearly century-old mining structures are close to being removed in Cambria County.Officials with the Cambria County ...
The Daily Mining Gazette8h
Is there new life for an old dredge?
A dredge that has sat on the shore of Torch Lake, in Osceola Township, since 1967, is still under consideration for rehabilitation. The Houghton County Historical Society owns the dredge, while ...
The New York Times26d
An Old Mining Town in Montana Finds New Gold in Film
More about Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Butte, Mont.: There was plenty of skepticism in the old mining town when Hollywood producers began showing up to shoot their shows. Now, many say the industry ...
Newsweek9d
At Least 100 Illegal Miners Trapped in South African Mine Have Died: Report
Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa's old gold-mining regions, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for any remaining deposits. The illegal miners are frequently ...
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34-year-old dead after mining accident in Somerset County
This story has been updated to reflect the man’s age as 34, not 29 as originally reported by Pennsylvania State Police.
Times Colonist23d
Old coal mining shafts shut downtown Nanaimo intersection
Coal mining shafts abandoned more than a century ... conduct drilling and grouting to fill sub-surface voids left by old coal mines. The area was an active coal mine from 1854 to 1938.