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STAY OUT/STAY ALIVE

ADANDONED MINES CAN KILL YOU!

STAY OUT/STAY ALIVE

Abandoned mines are not playgrounds!  Many people, especially the young, are injured or killed each year because they wrongly assume abandoned mines are safe places to play or explore.


ABANDONED MINES ARE
UNSTABLE      UNPREDICTABLE    UNSAFE

Abandoned mines contain many different types of hazards that can kill or injure people.  Stay away from landslides, highwalls, mine openings, mining equipment and buildings, water-filled pits and ponds, and refuse piles.  There is no safe abandoned mine.  Report abandoned mine hazards to the nearest Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Land office and STAY OUT/STAY ALIVE!

Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
In 2006, 22 people died nationwide while exploring abandoned mines.Victims of mining accidents have encountered deadly odorless gasses, fell down holes that opened under their weight, drowned in near-freezing pools of water at the bottom of shafts, and were buried in unpredictable cave-ins. Many people are injured and killed every year while "just exploring" abandoned mines. Don't be a victim.
Division of Abandoned Mine Lands
2521 Lawrenceburg Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-2141 ext 157
Fax: 502-564-6544
E-mail: Ben.Enzweiler@ky.gov
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