Estimates of the number of abandoned mines in the United States vary greatly--anywhere from 100,000 to 500,000.
Grace Napolitano: “Estimates of the number of abandoned mines in the United States vary greatly--anywhere from 100,000 to 500,000.”
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Napolitano highlights the uncertainty in the number of abandoned mines in the U.S.
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