Alton Sinkhole

framer · PostJun 27, 2024#12024-06-27T02:19+00:00

An underground mine collapsed, creating a large sinkhole smack in the middle of a soccer field in Alton. Nobody was hurt.

There's some pretty cool photos, and even a video of it happening (sorry, don't know how to post links from my phone).

symphonicpoet · PostJun 27, 2024#22024-06-27T04:38+00:00

Hoo boy! What they said.

framer · PostJun 27, 2024#32024-06-27T13:03+00:00

Pretty scary. I didn't realize that it also swallowed a set of bleachers. And of course, the whole STL area is riddled with underground voids. I'm really surprised it doesn't happen more often.

RockChalkSTL · PostJun 27, 2024#42024-06-27T13:36+00:00

It sounds like there is an active mine under that soccer field. No miners were hurt, and nobody was on the soccer field.

Pretty nuts that they mine under the community.

Bart Harley Jarvis · PostJun 27, 2024#52024-06-27T14:03+00:00

RockChalkSTL wrote: ↑
Jun 27, 2024
It sounds like there is an active mine under that soccer field. No miners were hurt, and nobody was on the soccer field.

Pretty nuts that they mine under the community.

What type of mine?

RockChalkSTL · PostJun 27, 2024#62024-06-27T14:17+00:00

The owner of the mine is New Frontier Materials. The subsidiary that was mining is called Bluff City Minerals.

So, I believe this is a rock or mineral mine.

framer · PostJun 27, 2024#72024-06-27T17:11+00:00

User name checks out.

Debaliviere91 · PostJun 27, 2024#82024-06-27T17:40+00:00

It’s a limestone mine.

Trololzilla · PostJun 28, 2024#92024-06-28T06:59+00:00

Made the BBC News

Alton Sinkhole

Alton Sinkhole

Alton Sinkhole

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