Morris County is home to hundreds of abandoned mines, with several located near the sinkhole's location off Interstate 80 in ...

"One problem is that the mapped locations of some of the abandoned mines are not accurate." The abandoned iron mine entrance that swallowed Andrew Kauff's backyard in Mine Hill was supposed to be ...

"Abandoned mines get a bad rep," Lopez said ... Written by William Bayley in 1910, "Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey" is a must have for mine lovers. The book is filled with more ...

A crumbling mineshaft caused the 40-foot-by-40-foot sinkhole that closed part of the highway, state transportation officials said.

Route 80 sinkhole: Sinkhole in Wharton caused by abandoned mine shaft The ovoid depression is one of many pits, shafts, and tunnels carved into the rolling hills of North Jersey by iron miners more ...

primarily in the northern region of the state due in part to the abandoned mines, the report indicates. The Garden State was historically an iron-producing state, and the first mines were drilled ...

Although aware of abandoned barite mining sites near his farm ... these mining sites and that the average concentrations of Fe (iron), Hg (mercury), and Pb (lead) in stream water were above ...

WHARTON, N.J. -- A sinkhole that cratered a section of I-80 in New Jersey was caused by an abandoned mineshaft collapsing underneath the highway, state transportation officials say. The I-80 ...

A state Department of Environmental Protection map shows three abandoned mines next to I-80 in Wharton. The area that includes Wharton, Dover, Mine Hill and Rockaway had numerous iron mines in the ...