What happens to abandoned mines?

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 August 2012

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Did you know there are as many as 500,000 abandoned mines in the US, but the federal government knows where only 30,000 of them are? Learn about these places go from money pit to death trap when mine companies simply walk away.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:30.5	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.
0:33.3	It's ready for you.
0:35.8	Welcome to you, stuff you should know from housecuffworks.com.
0:45.8	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:47.7	I'm Josh Clark.
0:49.0	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and this makes it so professional.
0:54.4	I just had some of my notes mixed up.
0:56.5	Like, criminal records was stuffed in the middle of this one.
0:59.7	Like, wouldn't that be funny if I was talking about abandoned minds and then just like a robot
1:04.3	was like, and if you have a DUI, you can call your local police shop and get that expunged.
1:11.6	I think that's bad advice.
1:14.1	Well, now I'm just saying.
1:15.1	Do you not ever call the police unless it's an emergency?
1:18.3	You're right.
1:19.3	Chuck.
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