April 15, 2024
A giant sinkhole discovered in southern Illinois may threaten the integrity of a nearby road. The sinkhole is allegedly the result of a caved-in borehole shaft or a deep, narrow hole made for drilling at the Deer Run Mine.
"Farmers say they have lost more topsoil due to longwall mining erosion in the last four years than in the decades of their family farm, and that is heartbreaking and wrong," said Joyce Blumenshine, volunteer leader with Sierra Club's mining team.
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