The recent sinkholes on I-80 were caused by long-abandoned mines. See the map showing hundreds of closed New Jersey mines.

Three sinkholes have appeared on the section of Route 80 that opened in 1960. Questions surround the contractor, but is there ...

The Sterling Mine, the last operating mine in New Jersey, suspended large-scale commercial mining operations in 1986. Since ...

All westbound I-80 lanes near the Route 15 interchange in Wharton were closed Wednesday after a hole opened during drilling ...

“On that fateful day, around 3:30 in the afternoon, a mine shaft collapsed allowing a flood of water and mud to fill an underground network of tunnels claiming the lives of 41 men,” according ...

and some murderers have tried to hide victims' bodies by dumping them in open mine shafts. The sinkhole in Westmoreland County appears to have resulted from a catastrophic collapse, suggesting the ...

The workers, who officials have not reported having any contact with since the collapse, became trapped ... are trapped in two 200-foot deep mine shafts, per the AP. Each of the shafts is more ...

Alarmed tenants in an apartment complex that was built on top of an abandoned mine shaft in New Jersey say there are cracks ...

A mine shaft collapse has created a 50ft wide crater on farmland near Bishop Auckland. The Mining Remediation Authority was called to the site on February 5 after the land collapsed on a public path.

The mines themselves generally don't collapse because they're so far underground, but the mine shafts do, especially if they're not covered in concrete. If it's done properly, especially with the ...