News Archive
January 2008
Teen dies after falling in to mine shaft
Sunday January 20, 2008 PHOENIX 19-year-old man is dead after falling into an abandoned mine shaft.It happened just north of the Valley around midnight near 24th Street and Joy Ranch Road. According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, a group riding quads in the area ran into trouble when a 19-year old fell into a 35-foot shaft. His death marks the second deadly accident at an abandoned mine shaft in Arizona in the past year. Source: www.azfamily.com/news
September 2007
BLM and Forest Service release report Abandoned Mine Lands: A Decade of Progress Reclaiming Hardrock Mines (PDF)
June 2007
May 2007
BLM and National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs enter into partnership agreement
Watch a car being rescued from an abandoned mine (May 2007, warning large wmv file, 60.3 Mb)
April 2007
The California BLM Abandoned Mine Lands Team awarded the 2006 Department of the Interior Environmental Achievement Awards (April 19, 2007)
Abandoned Mine Lands Program Policy Handbook (PDF) now available (April 23, 2007)
February 2007
NewsBytes: Beware Hidden Mineshafts! (February 6, 2007)
December 2006
NewsBytes: David Lawler, California State Office Land Coordinator
November 2006
EPA Hard Rock Conference 2006 (November 14 – 16, 2006)
October 2006
Recipients of the 2006 Department of Interior (DOI) Environmental Achievement Awards (October 2, 2006)
September 2006
Public Safety Prompts BLM to Demolish American Flat Mill (September 8, 2006)
September 2006 Conference of the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs (September 24 – 27, 2006)
August 2006
Abandoned Mine Safety (August 30, 2006)
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Work is Waiting for Legislation to Catch up with History (August 29, 2006)
Shoe Basin mine cleanup in progress (August 2, 2006)
July 2006
2 Killed By Fumes In Abandoned El Dorado Mine (July 27, 2006)
Yes, Virginia, There is a Mine Inspector (July 26, 2006)
