The Mines Spung Wildfire was 90% contained as of 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to officials. The fire has consumed 6,400 acres. Officials say that all road closures in the area have been lifted. Several ...

A part of Interstate 80 in New Jersey passes near and over abandoned ... you can walk into the damp coolness of an old zinc mine at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, and then have a pasty ...

Story continues below map of abandoned mines in New Jersey ... Lenape Nation call home. Sterling Hill mine glows in the dark Perhaps New Jersey's most famous mine is nonetheless the New Jersey ...

Both eastbound and westbound lanes of Route 80 near Exit 34 in New Jersey are closed due to sinkholes caused by abandoned mines ... and view a live traffic map and find detours: I-80 westbound ...

MINE HILL TWP. — Coming from a town literally named for its mines, Mayor Sam Morris knows a thing or two about sinkholes. And Morris said the one that opened up on eastbound Route 80 last week ...

William Kroth, the executive director of the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, told New Jersey 101.5 that many abandoned-mine maps are inaccurate and described the ground in this part of the state as ...

WHARTON — As work continues repairing the second sinkhole in two months on Route 80, one geologist says abandoned mines ... New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection map shows the Huff ...

New Jersey has nearly 600 abandoned mines, according to state officials. (See an interactive map of abandoned mine ... The mayor of Mine Hill, a Morris County borough whose name stems from two ...

The Sterling Hill Mine was one of two prominent zinc mines in New Jersey and was the last active underground mine in the state. Kroth said he wasn’t entirely surprised to learn of the Route 80 ...

Editor's Note: This story was originally published on May 31, 2018. Not all explorers are relegated to the pages of history ...