Background. The research begins by delineating the three stages of fragmentation relevant to cave mining: in situ fragmentation, primary fragmentation, and secondary fragmentation.

The coal mining industry provides the biggest source of campaign dollars within the mining industry, and has supported Republicans in each of the past 13 election cycles. In the 2012 cycle, the ...

An area of Lincoln National Forest known for a complex cave system was protected from oil and gas drilling and other mineral extraction, with the block on development extending for 20 years. The ...

Oil and gas drilling could be blocked from a sensitive cave system in Lincoln National Forest, near the Permian Basin oilfields of southeast New Mexico.. The U.S. Forest Service proposed ...

Oil and gas drilling could be blocked from a sensitive cave system in Lincoln National Forest, near the Permian Basin oilfields of southeast New Mexico. The U.S. Forest Service proposed ...

Modern-day mining operations exposed the natural wonder by pumping water out of the 30-by-90-foot (10-by-30-meter) cave, which was found in 2000 near the town of Delicias.

On Thursday, 9-year-old Case Wallace and his class were participating in the Arizona Gold Mining Experience at the Cave Creek Museum when he found real gold at the stamp mill and gold panning station.

Archeologists excited about historic finds from excavation. Archeologists know that extensive mining began in Cave Gulch in 1864. They also know the gulch was the spot of a heated gunfight that ...

Now showing summary data for the 2024 election cycle. Now showing data for the election cycle. The bulk of the mining industry consists of coal companies, but metal and other mining organizations are ...

Oil and gas drilling could be blocked from a sensitive cave system in Lincoln National Forest, near the Permian Basin oilfields of southeast New Mexico.. The U.S. Forest Service proposed ...