The first small step on the uncharted path to creating a museum depicting mining life and the history of local coal mines was taken last week during a meeting of Summit Hill Borough Council. The ...

Plans to fix up abandoned mine lands and clean a mine-polluted watershed in two Schuylkill County municipalities are moving ...

The Number 9 Coal Mine offers a vivid glimpse into Americas industrial past. "Were about 1,600 feet inside the side of the ...

There are plenty of old and abandoned mining towns in the United States, such as Kennecott, the overlooked Alaskan ghost town turned National Historic Landmark. However, none are quite as large or as ...

When WVIA producer Tim Novotney was 16, he and a friend found a tunnel in the basement of an old apartment building the friend had just moved into in Hazleton, Pa. “It was straight-up ...