Salt Cavern Lurks Near Busy Intersection, NM Community Prepares For Collapse (AP) CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) - But there is little other evidence that in southeastern New Mexico's oil country, a giant cavern sits beneath the earth,... [read full story]
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The bright yellow signs on U.S. 285 are the first indication that things aren't right in Carlsbad. "US 285 south subject to sinkhole 1,000 feet ahead," motorists are warned. But there is little other evidence that in...
Danger exaggerated, oil company insists By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN • Associated Press • November 8, 2009 CARLSBAD, N.M. -- The bright yellow signs on U.S. 285 are the first indication that things aren't right in Carlsbad. "U.S. 285...
News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 9:57 PM EST The Associated Press Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.07.2009 CARLSBAD, N.M. — The bright yellow signs are the first indication that things aren't right in Carlsbad. "US...
There is little evidence that in southeastern New Mexico's oil country, a giant cavern sits beneath the earth, ready to swallow part of the highway and possibly a church, several businesses and a trailer park.
Collapse of cavern under N.M. city fearedThe cavern was formed over three decades as oil-field service companies pumped fresh water into a salt layer more than 400 feet below the surface and extracted several million barrels of...
Cavern could collapse, taking part of N.M. city Carlsbad is famous for caverns, but this one was made by oil industry This brine well collapsed near Artesia, N.M., in July 2008 and has similar characteristics to a well that...
There is little evidence that in southeastern New Mexico's oil country, a giant cavern sits beneath the earth, ready to swallow part of the highway and possibly a church, several businesses and a trailer park.
By Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press The New Mexico Transportation Department has installed signs along U.S. 285 warning drivers of a potential sinkhole. (Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press ) CARLSBAD, N.M. — The...
AP Photo New Mexico Oil Conservation Division hydrologist Jim Griswold tours the site of a July 2008 brine well collapse near Artesia, N.M. Deep concentric cracks have formed around the sinkhole as the ground continues to...
Susan Montoya Bryan / Associated Press Carlsbad, N.M. -- The bright yellow signs on U.S. 285 are the first indication that things aren't right in Carlsbad. But there is little other evidence that in southeastern New Mexico's...
