As I mentioned in Thursday’s column about the Lehigh Anthracite surface mining operation in Tamaqua, anthracite coal mining still has a future. But it also has a fascinating past, which was the ...
As our collection of “man cars” rolled 1,600 feet into the No. 9 coal mine in Lansford — going slightly uphill, not down, so the water inside can drain out — the years began rolling away, too. We ...
Go beyond the typical tour and get really down-to-earth with a trip under Fawn Township. Dubbed the “Coalest” Pittsburgh attraction, Tour-Ed Mine and Museum in Fawn offers educational underground coal ...
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SOUDAN — Minnesota’s oldest and most famous underground mine will reopen for public tours in May after a $9.3 million restoration project kept it closed for more than two years. The Soudan Underground ...
A rescue operation in Colorado on Thursday to bring trapped mining tour visitors out of an underground mine was successful, seven hours after one person died and four others were injured. Gov. Jared ...
A tour guide was the lone death after an elevator malfunction inside a former Colorado gold mine turned popular tourist attraction trapped 23 people as far as 1,000 feet underground, authorities said ...
CHAMPION, Mich. (WLUC) - A series of public tours of Eagle Mine facilities will be offered during the summer. According to a press release, tour locations will alternate between the Eagle Mine in Big ...