Abandoned Mine Lands
The Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program addresses physical safety and environmental hazards associated with abandoned hard rock mines on BLM-managed public lands. Abandoned mines are those mines that were abandoned prior to January 1, 1981, the effective date of BLM's Surface Management regulations issued under authority of the …
State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural …
comprehensive inventory of abandoned coal sites, continue mitigating subsidence and coal fire problems in Gallup, address stormwater flooding issues in Madrid associated with …
SkyTruth – US Abandoned Coal Mines (eAMLIS Database)
This map depicts all 48,529 Priority 1, 2, and 3 abandoned coal mine sites listed in the enhanced Abandoned Mine Lands Inventory System (eAMLIS) database maintained by the Office of Surface Mining (OSM). This map excludes all mines specifically listed under non-coal programs (NCA, NCF, NH1, and NH2).
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement …
— WASHINGTON – The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced over $1.6 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands on the Navajo Nation. In 2020, the …
Explore the Historic Mining Town of Ratón
— SCOTT BERRY'S MOM WAS BORN TO ENGLISH parents who came over so that her father could work at Sugarite's mine, about six miles northeast of Ratón. It's now part of Sugarite Canyon State Park, …
Rare elements are in abandoned coal mine drainage
— Shamokin Creek, looking upstream in the town of Shamokin, Pa., is terribly polluted. In Pennsylvania alone, drainage from coal piles and abandoned mines has turned waterways red from iron ore and turquoise from aluminum, killing life in more than 5,000 miles of streams. (Photo Jakec, Wickipedia Commons)
Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Project
Abandoned mines (AML) are lands that were mined and left unreclaimed where no individual or company has reclamation responsibility and there is no closure plan in effect. These may consist of excavations, either caved in or sealed, that have been deserted and where further mining is not intended. Also called inactiv…
Coal Mining History, New Mexico
Coal Mining History of New Mexico Devlon Shaver Dept. of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Tech ... the total estimated employment by coal mines was about 837 people, not including support personnel. ... for entire towns to be built to provide support and infrastructure for local mines (company towns) • Many towns are abandoned now, some …
18 Ghost Towns In New Mexico [MAP]
— Originally a mining camp, Hagan, New Mexico was developed around a coal mine. When the mine ceased operations, the town grew. ... 17 miles northeast of Cimarron, Dawson is a ghost town in Colfax County, New Mexico. The town was the site of two coal mining disasters in 1913 and 1923. ... Below are 17 of my favorite abandoned places in …
New Mexico getting $2.8 million for abandoned coal mine …
— NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – As New Mexico transitions away from coal power and towards a greener grid, abandoned coal mines are left behind. Now, the state is getting $2.8 million in federal funding to ...
President's Administration Funds Reclaiming Abandon Mine …
— This includes over $1.6 Million for the Navajo Nation and over $2.3 million for the state of New Mexico. Communities once powered by the coal industry are now polluted by abandoned mine lands, which leach toxic discharge into lands and waterways, cause land subsidence and structural issues, and fuel underground mine fires.
New Mexico coal communities getting $2.4 million for …
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, communities around the country are getting funding to transition away from legacy coal mining. New Mexico will get over $2.4 million.
A dangerous form of coal mining is revived in Mexico, …
— MEXICO CITY — As hopes faded of rescuing 10 men trapped in a flooded Mexican coal mine, evidence mounted that the current administration's populist policies have driven the revival of ...
Oklahoma Conservation Commission Works To Reclaim Abandoned Coal Mines
— The Federal Government is helping Oklahoma clean up abandoned coal mines to make them safe. There are more than 32,000 acres of abandoned surface coal mines in Oklahoma and about 40,000 acres of ...
Renewabl energy in China's abandoned mines
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This Eerie And Fantastic Footage Takes You Inside Ohio's Former Mining
— Shawnee is most famous for its association with an abandoned mine, one that fell victim to an infamous fire. While not completely abandoned today, the town does offer a sense of a living ghost town: abandoned buildings, boarded-up homes, and the feeling of being frozen in time. And yet, there's also a tight-knight community still present …
New Mexico getting $2.8 million for abandoned coal mine …
— NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – As New Mexico transitions away from coal power and towards a greener grid, abandoned coal mines are left behind. Now, the state is …
Coal Mining Towns of the Vermejo Park Ranch, …
As the coal business declined, so did the mercantiles, and the company was dissolved on November 30, 1935. With coal veins from 4.5-12 feet thick along the hillsides and canyons, Colfax County produced 74.8% of all …
President's Administration Funds Reclaiming …
— Abandoned mine land reclamation supports jobs in coal communities by investing in projects that close dangerous mine shafts, reclaim unstable slopes, improve water quality by treating acid mine …
Abandoned & Inactive Coal Mines of the Gallup coal …
This report on the abandoned coal mines in the Gallup coal field of west-central New Mexico brings together all the known mine and coal geology maps, coal reports, and coal mine photographs in this area. The Gallup field has been a significant coal producing area since the early 1880s. Underground mining began at this time with the construction
U.S. makes largest-ever investment in abandoned …
— The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act President Biden is expected to sign into law today includes the nation's largest-ever investment in cleaning up decades-old abandoned coal mines. The bill …
Abandoned Ohio coal mines leave holes in the
— There are hundreds of thousands of acres of abandoned coal mine land across the state. The Ohio Division of Mineral Resources Management estimates between 350,000 and 450,000 acres need some degree of reclamation, which would come at an estimated cost of $528 million. If an abandoned mine is hazardous, the ODNR steps in …
Ore cars: A well-designed solution | AspenTimes
— Coal cars had not figured into Aspen history. The ore cars used in Aspen's mines were a well-designed solution to a simple problem, that of moving tons of rock from inside mountains to the outside. Soft coal did little damage to wood car linings and because coal is lighter, a greater volume could be moved in each car.
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With the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), NAML has the authority to address abandoned mine land problems that include coal and non-coal …
Indian coal ministry seeks help from World Bank to re-purpose abandoned
— India's coal ministry said on Wednesday it sought assistance from the World Bank and other global institutions for re-purposing its abandoned coal mines to make them environmentally stable and ...
Jellico: The Appalachian Coal Mining Town with an Explosive …
— Jellico is a coal-mining town. I have memories of my grandfather coming home from the mines covered in black dust head to toe. ... Car of 20,000 Pounds Explodes In Heart of Jellico, Tenn." ... Dynamite destined for the coal mines blasted much of downtown town into a pile of blackened matchsticks. The event still looms large in the …
New Mexico gets fresh round of legacy coal mine cleanup …
— Across New Mexico, there are over 15,000 areas where abandoned coal mining equipment, facilities, and legacy mine shafts continue to pose serious health, …
Abandoned Mine Lands: Basic Information
— Before- Historical mineworks in OU-3 at California Gulch. Abandoned Mine Lands (AMLs) are: "Those lands, waters, and surrounding watersheds contaminated or scarred by extraction, beneficiation or processing of ores and minerals, including phosphate but not coal*.Abandoned mine lands include areas where mining or processing activity is …
NM Mines Database Overview
— Manager: ia T. McLemore The New Mexico Mines Database is a computerized inventory on existing abandoned, inactive, and active mines and mills throughout New Mexico has been established at the Bureau. This database, still under construction, includes uranium, metallic, and industrial minerals mines and mills; coal …
Feds open grant for state to count and clean up …
— New Mexico could soon have money to build an inventory of exactly how many coal mines were abandoned in the state before 1977. The Interior Department announced earlier this month that the state can …
Abandoned Mine Lands: Site Information | US EPA
— Includes mine sites not on the NPL but that have had removal or emergency response cleanup actions. ... This section presents information about abandoned hardrock mines and mineral processing sites listed in the Superfund Enterprise Management System, or SEMS. This includes sites on Superfund's National Priorities List (NPL).
Acquiring & Georeferencing Coal Mine Maps:
This report on the abandoned coal mines in the San Juan Basin coal fields of northwest New Mexico brings together all the known mine and coal geology maps, coal reports, and coal mine photographs in this area, including maps reported in Hoffman and Wilks (2010) on the Gallup coal field. The first mention of coal in New Mexico was in 1803 (Jones ...
Reclaiming Abandoned Mine Lands | Office of Surface Mining …
As a result, millions of Americans live less than a mile from an abandoned coal mine. Abandoned Mine Land Program. The OSMRE Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program addresses the hazards and environmental degradation posed by legacy coal mines. While AMLs can be dangerous and unwelcoming, through reclamation, this land …
Open-file Report
This report on the abandoned coal mines in the Gallup coal field of west-central New Mexico brings together all the known mine and coal geology maps, coal reports, and coal mine photographs in this area. The Gallup …
The burning coalfields of Jharia belch poison for …
— The fires have only worsened since then. These coal fires continuously belch poisonous fumes in the air, besides making the land in many places intolerably hot. A fire of burning coal in a coal mine in …
The York Canyon Branch
— This abandoned railway line runs through a sparsely populated area of northern New Mexico, and was used to access coal mines along York Canyon. The coal mines closed during the 1990s, leaving no customers along the line. At Colfax, the York Canyon Branch is still in irregular use, as it is currently used for car storage. The line …