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 ...

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 ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Pennsylvania has a long history of anthracite coal mining. The result is that millions of buildings and homes are located above abandoned mines. Looking to see old mine maps? Penn ...

SINGAPORE, 27 September, 2019 – During the World Digital Mining Summit (WDMS) - which will take place in Frankfurt on 8-10 October - Bitmain will launch the first platform to connect mining hardware ...

RHINEBECK >> The Town Board has wrapped up the public hearing on whether to adopt a zoning map that correctly identifies the boundaries of mining activity instead of the entire parcels where mining ...

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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 Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) filed the freedom-of-information lawsuit after failing to get a response to its earlier requests to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. The group contends ...

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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, about the ...