— 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.

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 …

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.

 — 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 …

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 ...

 — 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 …

 — 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 …

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 …

comprehensive inventory of abandoned coal sites, continue mitigating subsidence and coal fire problems in Gallup, address stormwater flooding issues in Madrid associated with …

 — 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 …

 — 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 …

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 …

 — 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 …

 — Bankhead Banff History. In response to the demands for coal from the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and the desire to control their own supply, the Pacific Coal Company's (a subsidiary of the CPR) geologists discovered the coal seams around the Bankhead area in 1902.. The establishment of the Bankhead coal mine and town in …

 — 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 …

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 — 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, …

 — Coal mining was -- and is -- a dirty, dangerous business that helped fuel our nation's growth and remains an important part of our history and economy. Kentucky played a big role in this coal mining boom. John Taunton/Google Local. But mining was hard, thankless work, and life at Portal 31 was difficult.

 — 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)

 — 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 …

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 …

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…

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 — 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 ...

 — Across New Mexico, there are over 15,000 areas where abandoned coal mining equipment, facilities, and legacy mine shafts continue to pose serious health, …

 — 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 …

 — The mined lands are adversely affected by past mineral mining, other than mining for coal, oil, and gas, and mineral material mining. ... Asafo-Akowuah, J., 2017, New Mexico Abandoned Uranium Mines Study: Jeter, Lucky Don, and Little Davie mines, Socorro County, New Mexico: M.S. independent thesis ; Zutah, W ...

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 …

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 …

 — Last August, millions of gallons of toxic sludge was released into rivers in Colorado and Utah by a spill in the abandoned Gold King Mine in New Mexico. This was a harsh wake-up call to authorities of the …