Four people who may have entered an abandoned West Virginia coal mine remained missing Monday morning, a day after officials said rescuers began a perilous operation to scour the mine in hopes of ...

West Virginia, to save the puppies. "There is a gentleman down there that visits a lot of the mine shafts, looking for puppies and looking for abandoned animals. This is like the 10th litter he's ...

WYOMING COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A search is underway again for a missing man at a long-closed mine in Wyoming County, West Virginia. David Hess, 50, of Pineville was last seen Thursday.

"West Virginia is right at the top for needs," said Chuck Williams, head of Alabama's efforts and past president of the National Association of Abandoned Mine Lands Programs. He said Pennsylvania ...

Demand for Rare Elements Used in Clean Energy Could Help Clean up Abandoned Coal Mines in Appalachia MOUNT STORM, W.Va. (AP) — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia ...

Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building ... groundwater pouring out of this and other abandoned coal mines contains the rare earth elements and ...