Tag: Coal Mining

Now that’s a deep hole.  This is allegedly the largest pothole in the world, though I haven’t seen anything official confirming this.  The pothole was… read more Archbald Pothole

In August of 1963, three miners were stuck 330 feet below the ground when the Sheppton mine caved in.  Two of the miners stuck together… read more Sheppton Mine Disaster Site

The Old Jail Museum in Jim Thorpe is almost like any other old restored prison museum I’ve been to.  Almost. Sure it’s got its display… read more The Old Jail Museum

Hidden in between Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation and Swatara State Park in northern Lebanon County are the ruins of the town of Rausch Gap,… read more Rausch Gap

The term “coal baron” exists for a reason.  In 1959, the owners of Knox Mine got greedy and had workers dig within 5-6 feet of… read more Knox Mine Disaster

Stockton Mine was like any other anthracite mine in northeastern PA until one early morning in 1869, when some of the ground above the mine… read more Stockton Mine Disaster

I had read on a number of online forums that Carbondale had 3 fires burning underneath it at once. Having already been to both Centralia… read more Carbondale Mine Fires & Abandoned Factory

With all the attention Centralia gets, it’s no wonder many people are unaware there are quite a few mine fires still going in Pennsylvania, many… read more Red Ash Mine Fire