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

An area of Lincoln National Forest known for a complex cave system was protected from ... for mineral development like oil drilling or mining from the designated area. Existing, valid mineral ...

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 ...

Temperatures hovered consistently around a steamy 136 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius), and the cave was filled with mineral-rich water that drove the crystals' growth. Modern-day mining ...

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 ...

“Potential conflicts with mining and fluid mineral development include significant earth disturbing activities, especially to sensitive cave resources,” read the report. Bones of an extinct ...