Meandering wild burros, wild west shootouts, and abandoned mines leading into the desert hills. This dusty village is on a ...

In Arizona alone, the Department of Environmental Quality estimates that between 40,000 and 100,000 abandoned mines could be scarring the landscape, although a full inventory has never been completed.

In 1912, the state of Arizona had 445 active mines ... Though the gold mines may be long closed and the town abandoned, the Gold King Mine and Ghost Town remains one of the most captivating ...

Hobbs to use her authority to rescind permits issued by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality ... including on the nearby Navajo Nation, where hundreds of abandoned uranium mines still await ...