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The Green Tree facility provides and stores, digitally and in microfilm (aperture cards), [4] over 182,000 maps of abandoned mines. This repository contains maps of mine workings from the 1790s to the present day. [5] It serves as a point of reference for mine maps and other information for both surface and underground mines throughout the ...
Rawhide Mining Co. has destroyed any remains of the town. Now it is just an open pit mine. Devastating fire in 1908, $1 million in property damage and thousands left homeless. [3] Rhyolite: Nye: 1905 [11] 1916: Abandoned site: Post office closed 1913 Rio Tinto: Elko: 1932: 1948: A few houses and the school remain. Rioville: Junction City: Clark ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... This is a partial list of current and defunct mines in Ashland. Name County Years Material ...
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.
Mining towns were abandoned when the mines closed, largely due to the devaluation of silver in 1893. Mill towns were abandoned when the mining towns they serviced closed. Farming towns on the eastern plains were often deserted due to rural depopulation. Coal towns were abandoned when the coal (or the need for it) ran out.
Old mines pose myriad dangers, with 381 people killed and 152 injured at abandoned mine sites nationwide between 2000 and 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Victims can fall into hidden shafts, get lost in underground tunnels or perish from poisonous gases present in many old coal mines.
Jason Willis, the director of the group's Western Abandoned Mine Lands Program, told Colorado Public Radio that liability rules prevented them from finishing the job. "We were able to do 90 ...
4 Miles south of original town of Silverbell. Abandoned due to Asarco Silver Bell mine temporary closure in 1984. Mine was reopened in 1998 and is currently in operation Simmons: Wilson, Williamson's Valley Yavapai: 1871: 1934: Barren site: A stop on the Hardyville–Prescott Road, and a local post office. Socatoon Station: Pinal: 1858: 1870s ...