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The Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) Homepage for Kids has information on minerals and mining throughout the USA and other mining information of interest to kids at:
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The Office of Surface Mining has abandoned mine information and an Old Mines Can Be Dangerous flyer and public service announcement video at:
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The National Park Service Disturbed Lands web page,
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/distland/, has a "Selected Restoration Links" link to abandoned mine issues. Check out their "Hazards - Stay Out and Stay Alive!" brocure at:
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The Bureau of Land Management's National Applied Resource Sciences Center's homepage,
http://www.blm.gov/aml/safetymenu.htm, has a link to their BLM Abandoned Mine Lands Cleanup Program is filled with information and photos regarding abandoned mine hazards:
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The Arizona State Mine Inspector has information on abandoned mines and safety awareness.
Follow their links at:
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The Colorado Department of Natural Resources Division of Minerals and Geology has a
Danger Lurks at Abandoned Mines page at:
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The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program web page
has an Abandoned Mine brochure with photos and hazard descriptions at:
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Try Nevada's Department of Business and Industry's Division of Minerals Abandoned Mine Lands web page at:
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The Ohio Division of Mineral Resources Management web page gives photos and descriptions of abandoned mine problem types at:
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The Michigan Technological University, Mining Engineering Department, has its Outreach web page at:
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West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety & Training has a new site on its Child Safety Program as part of its Stay Out Stay Alive! campaign at:
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The Institute of Makers of Explosives,
http://www.ime.org, has links to Safety Materials and Publications and its Blasting Cap Safety Education Program
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Other web sites with information on abandoned mines and/or abandoned mine hazards are:
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If you are interested in additional links to other mining-related web sites, visit
MSHA's Directory for the Mining Industry at: http://www.msha.gov/minelink/minelink.htm |
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