Abandoned mines in the desert pose a threat. If you're out on a hike, the state says you could walk right into one, without even knowing it.
Near one Las Vegas neighborhood at Fort Apache and Warm Spring roads, people have removed fencing and warning signs outside of a gypsum mine.
But now, a project will soon close about 40 open portals at that site.
They may appear inviting often appearing as simple caves into a mountain at first glance.
"You can see areas of the ceiling where there have been rocks that have fallen in the recent past," said Garrett Wake, chief of southern Nevada, Nevada Division of Minerals
The holes are actually portals into an abandoned mine, where workers once excavated for the mineral gypsum between the early 1900s up until the 1930s. s
The Arden gypsum mines have been left open ever since, and you can see just how close homes are to the site.
"This poses significant hazards to the general public," Wake said... Read More
