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Abandoned mine shafts in Marl, Germany A plan-view schematic of a mine shaft showing cage and skip compartments. Services may be housed in either of the four open compartments. Shaft mining or shaft sinking is the action of excavating a mine shaft from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom. [1]
An abandoned mine refers to a former mining or quarrying operation that is no longer in use and has no responsible entity to finance the cost of remediation and/or restoration of the mine feature or site. Such mines are typically left unattended and may pose safety hazards or cause environmental damage without proper maintenance.
Abandoned Mine Exploring with Tom and Julie - Abandoned mine exploration in the Western U.S. Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places – Video explorations and documentations of abandoned mines throughout the United States. AditNow – Photographic database of mine exploration and forum; CAMCE – California Association of Mine and Cave ...
The massive 40-foot by 40-foot sinkhole that opened up a major New Jersey highway Thursday was caused by an abandoned mineshaft, officials said. Construction crews are working around the clock to ...
A sinkhole on a northern New Jersey interstate that's closed eastbound traffic for over 24 hours was caused by a collapse of abandoned mineshaft, officials said. Interstate 80 eastbound in Wharton ...
Miners pose with lunch pails in hand on a mine rock pile outside of the Tamarack mineshaft. Many copper mines have existed in the Copper Country of the U.S. state of Michigan. These include both large-scale commercial ventures and small operations.
The Cerro Gordo Mines are a collection of abandoned mines located in Cerro Gordo in the Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, near Lone Pine, California. Mining operations spanned 1866 to 1957, producing high grade silver , lead , and zinc ore; and, more rarely, gold ore and copper ore . [ 1 ]
The shaft of an abandoned gold mine in the grotto behind the falls dates to the California Gold Rush. [2] Today, there is no gold there, but research still takes place in the mineshaft. [citation needed] Entering the mineshaft is difficult but not prohibited. [3]