Active drilling rigs in New Mexico. More than Wyoming, North Dakota and Utah combined. Most are located in Eddy County, home of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Carlsbad Caverns is home to some of the ...

Lechuguilla Cave at Carlsbad Caverns is the deepest limestone cave in the country, and the fifth-longest known cave in the world. Read more about Oil and Gas Development Delayed Near Carlsbad Caverns ...

James Larkin White, 18-year-old cowhand, discover in 1901 the world’s greatest and most spectacular underground wonder, ...

1883 - The first Anglo to see Carlsbad Cavern is unknown, but in this year a 12 year old boy was lowered into the cave by his father . 1898 - Jim White first entered the caverns. White was a ...

The federal government has laid off approximately 1,000 National Park Service employees nationwide as part of the Department ...