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The lawsuit says the United States Gypsum Co., on Sandusky Bay, failed to maintain underground mines that caused dangerous sinkholes near State Route 2, costing the Ohio Department of ...
Mine subsidence has caused billions of dollars in damage in areas of the U.S. where mining once took place. In Pennsylvania, where mining dates to the late 1700s, coal was mined in nearly half of the state’s 67 counties and there are at least 5,000 abandoned underground mines, leaving behind hazards that officials say can arise at any time.
Old mines pose myriad dangers, with 381 people killed and 152 injured at abandoned mine sites nationwide between 2000 and 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Victims can fall into hidden shafts, get lost in underground tunnels or perish from poisonous gases present in many old coal mines.
In 2021, the state said it documented 20,000 orphan wells in a report to the Interior Department. The Wayne National Forest is home to at least 200 abandoned oil and gas wells in southeast Ohio ...
In 1918, the company built a wallboard-paper mill there. [6] In the 1970s, after switched to processing synthetic gypsum, the company abandoned the mine, which eventually flooded. [4] Despite abandoning its gypsum mine, USG continues to operate an adjacent manufacturing plant, trucking in the synthetic gypsum used to manufacture drywall.
Right now, if you do work to help remediate abandoned mine drainage, you could wind up liable for not cleaning up all of it. | Opinion
Coal plants have been closing at a fast rate since 2010 (290 plants closed from 2010 to May 2019; this was 40% of the US's coal generating capacity) due to competition from other generating sources, primarily cheaper and cleaner natural gas (a result of the fracking boom), which has replaced so many coal plants that natural gas now accounts for ...
Unlike other mines in Ohio, Century Mine used longwall technology that enabled it to operate with relatively fewer workers. [4] The mine had applied for a permit to extend operations by five years in 2017 and expected reserves to last for another 35 years. [6] Century Mine was the site of a fatal accident in 2011 [7] and another in 2013. [8]