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On July 24, eighteen coal miners at the Quecreek Mine (/ k juː. k r i k /) in Lincoln Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, owned by Black Wolf Coal Company, accidentally dug into the abandoned, poorly documented Saxman Coal / Harrison #2 Mine, flooding the room and pillar mine with an estimated 75 million US gallons (280,000 cubic metres) of water.
The 1910 public law commissioned the United States Bureau of Mines to conduct future investigations of mining accidents exempting the United States Geological Survey. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The H.R. 13915 bill was passed by the 61st United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the President William Howard Taft on May 16, 1910.
An underground survey of the Firs and Byfield mine areas was carried out in 1994, commissioned by Bath City Council. It was found that approximately 80% of the mines had less than 6 m cover, reducing to 2 m in some places. [4] Irregular mining and robbing stone from supporting pillars had left the mines unstable. [1]
Articles and categories related to coal mining disasters in Pennsylvania Pages in category "Coal mining disasters in Pennsylvania" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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The accident was the largest loss of life in a Pennsylvania mine at the time and the victims of that disaster will be honored at 6 p.m. on Saturday with the unveiling of a historical marker and ...
It must be required as a result of the declared incident, located within the designated disaster area, and is the legal responsibility of the applicant. Work cannot be related to damage previously incurred before the disaster. Cost is the funding tied directly to eligible work, and must be adequately documented, authorized, necessary and ...
JOHNSTOWN — A 45-year-old Somerset County coal mining owner and resident of Rockwood was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release ...