The Biden administration announced on Dec. 20 that $1.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will go toward cataloging and reclaiming Alaska’s derelict coal mines over a 15-year period.
A Washington state man died while exploring an abandoned mine on Prince of Wales Island ... which those with him believed was a heart attack. Alaska State Trooper Sgt. Rob Jensen said the man ...
Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old who had a medical emergency while in an abandoned mine on an island in Alaska, but they were unsuccessful, officials said. The group attempted CPR ...
Kennicott in Alaska is a copper mining town which once provided work ... you can take a tour that allows visitors to explore the abandoned town. Decades after local workers left and the settlement ...
Most large mines in Alaska sit beside mills where workers ... and hundreds of people worked at multiple operations across the area. Abandoned mineshafts still dot valley walls, and tunnels bore ...
Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old from Washington state after a medical emergency in an abandoned gold mine in Alaska, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Fellow rock hunters ...
Touting an unconventional approach, Contango Ore says it can develop mines faster and with a smaller environmental footprint.