Others left pillars of coal in place to support the roof, but they don't always prevent settling over time. The state Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation will examine the scene when the search ...

A bill to make cleaning up abandoned hard rock mines easier is expected to become law after the House of Representatives ...

But, today, that mining has hollowed out the ground beneath us. Pennsylvania’s inventory of abandoned coal mines is larger than that of any other state in the nation, and the Keystone State has ...

Digging crews have resumed efforts to try to locate a woman who authorities fear died after falling into a sinkhole above an ...