New Jersey has nearly 600 abandoned mines ... safety and compliance manager for the Morris County Parks Commission. Abandoned mines on Morris County Parks land are surrounded by fencing and ...

Schofield mine in Jefferson, NJ on Thursday, January 9, 2025Get Photo Timothy Rack of the Morris County Park Commission at the Dodge abandoned mine in Jefferson, NJ on Thursday, January 9 ...

There are about six on Morris County parkland that Rack said ... to subsidence is due in part to the number of abandoned mines throughout New Jersey," according to a 2014 state report on geologic ...

The highway sinkholes were caused by long-forgotten mine shafts crumbling beneath the surface in Morris County, transportation officials said. New Jersey has nearly 600 abandoned mines ...

with New Jersey State Police working to reroute vehicles off the highway. Morris County is filled with over 100 abandoned underground mines, most located in the northwestern half of the county ...

A 40-foot by 40-foot sinkhole formed on the right shoulder of eastbound Interstate 80 near exit 34 in Wharton in Morris ... of an abandoned mineshaft, according to the New Jersey Department ...

WHARTON, New Jersey (WABC ... massive 40-foot-by-40-foot sinkhole on I-80 in Morris County that opened on Thursday. The collapse of an abandoned mineshaft on the side of the road caused ...

WHARTON, N.J. (PIX11) – The cause of a sinkhole that formed along Interstate 80 in New Jersey Thursday has ... I-80 near exit 34 in Wharton in Morris County Thursday morning.

The collapse of an abandoned mineshaft created a giant sinkhole that took out the shoulder and right lane of I-80 east in Morris County, New Jersey, closing part of the busy highway, state ...