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Arkansas Post: Arkansas: 1686: 1863: Barren site, protected area: Armada: Crawford: Austin: Old Austin Lonoke: The original site has since been abandoned. [3] Barbara: Washington: Bartholomew: Drew [3] Bear City: Garland: 1882 Mostly woods and a few houses, some active. Small population, but has regained interest in recent years with new ...
The Rush Historic District is a zinc mining region of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. Now located within Buffalo National River , the district includes ruins dating from 1880 to 1940. The area was an important part of what became known as the North Arkansas Lead and Zinc District , and played a role in the development of railroads and modern ...
[7] Many of these abandoned mines are associated with abandoned neighboring towns often referred to as ghost towns. Experts strongly warn against entering or exploring old or abandoned mines. In California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arkansas, there are over 6,500 abandoned mines, according to infographic. [8] Danger sign at an old ...
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.
The mines are described in the Goodspeed Publishing Company's "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas", published in 1889, with descriptions of lead and copper ores and of attempts to locate gold. It appears the mines had been long abandoned by the time those accounts were published.
The silver and mining equipment was claimed to have been found, sitting for 75 years in the mine. Historian James Johnson claims that the Lost Silver Mine does not exist, despite many stories. He says that there was an “Indian Woodard” whose descendants still live in Arkansas, but that most of the remaining legend is untrue. [citation needed]
With millions of abandoned mines worldwide, a new study provides a compelling argument for their inclusion in a green energy future.
Smithsonite with calcite from the Monte Cristo mine, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas (size: 11.7 x 9.3 x 5.2 cm Ruins of the New White Eagle Mill, Rush Historic District, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. The best known and most prolific zinc mining region of north Arkansas for many years was the Rush Creek mining district of ...