Illustrated map-style cutaway of the Grand Canyon showing scattered small icons for mine adits, shafts, and tailings piles across the rim and inner canyon

Grand Canyon's mine inventory: 38 sites, 75 features, by the numbers

NPS has counted 75 abandoned mine features across 38 sites in the park, part of a 37,050-feature nationwide problem. Here’s the public accounting.

September 23, 2026 · 8 min · 1613 words · Justin