The near-tragic accident in Pennsylvania illustrates a hazard that coal miners have worried about for years: Maps of many abandoned mines are inaccurate, in part because former operators voraciously ...
WILKES-BARRE – Robert Hughes stopped his maroon SUV in the middle of Espy Street, turning on his flashers to let drivers know he might be there for a while. He knelt by an uncovered hole in the street ...
Municipalities in the former anthracite mining area are being offered free mining maps to assist in community planning, coping with possible natural gas pipeline placement and with mine subsidence ...
On July 24, 2003, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released its investigative findings into the Quecreek Mine accident that had occurred exactly one year earlier in Pennsylvania.
Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett announced yesterday the release of Department of Environmental Protection’s “Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas.” The online tool is a detailed map of the state’s underground mines.The ...
Two recent coal mine accidents in Appalachia have led to calls for establishment of national standards for documentation of underground mines and for a reassessment of the state of technologies, such ...
CORNING – Mike Jones would watch as his grandfather left the house in coughing fits, spitting up blood in the yard — the result of decades working in a Corning-area coal mine. Jones, now 69, lives in ...
The Environmental Justice Atlas released new maps March 2 alleging that Pan American Silver operates mines that don’t have the consent of local communities and that pollute local water supplies — ...
WILKES-BARRE – Robert Hughes stopped his maroon SUV in the middle of Espy Street, turning on his flashers to let drivers know he might be there for a while. He knelt by an uncovered hole in the street ...
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