Beneath parts of the Appalachian Mountains, thousands of mine shafts still descend deep into the earth. Some of these vertical passages drop more than 1,000 feet, connecting long corridors carved ...
A new method could transform abandoned coal mines across the U.S. into massive underground batteries for clean energy.
On Aug. 31, MSHA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to require underground coal mines to equip continuous mining machines with proximity detection systems in order to protect miners ...
ASHLAND, Pa. — For Pioneer Tunnel board member Ed Wytovich, decades-old mining pits like this will look to become a thing of the past to educate those in the future. "Well, this is the mammoth pit, ...