In Arizona alone, the Department of Environmental Quality estimates that between 40,000 and 100,000 abandoned mines could be scarring the landscape, although a full inventory has never been completed.

This rugged scenic drive takes you through gold-mining country from desert to mountaintop. There you'll find great burgers, ...

Arizona is one of those states ... However, our investigation found a mining company purchased old mining claims in the Sierra Ancha Mountains in 2011. Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) owns 198 mining ...

And if and when these old mines are cleaned up, the cost burden usually falls on the American public. Even more disconcerting is the toxic legacy left on public lands and sacred American Indian sites.