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The Mantrip car, which carries visitors into the mine. Scranton, Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County is part of the northern field of the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many Europeans immigrated to the area to work in the mines. [2] [3] In 1903, the Continental Coal Company opened the Lackawanna Coal Mine. [1]
The mine will open for tours on Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and admission is free. ... a model mine in Nay Aug Park in Scranton dating to 1902 but closed for nearly half a century, reopens ...
The Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour is located in the heart of the park. The hour-long tour takes you to a mine that was originally part of the Continental Coal Mine which was once an active anthracite coal mine. Visitors take a mine car 300 feet (91 m) underground into the shaft and then walk the tour, totaling about a quarter of a mile.
The Brooks Mine, a model mine in Nay Aug Park in Scranton dating to 1902 but closed for nearly half a century, reopens to the public Saturday. The mine will open for tours on Saturdays, from 10 a ...
The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum and the Scranton Iron Furnaces, both in Scranton, Lackawanna County [2] Eckley Miners' Village near Weatherly, Luzerne County [3] The Museum of Anthracite Mining overlooking the community of Ashland in Schuylkill County [1] A few museum exhibits are also located at the companion Lackawana Coal Mine Tour.
The Knox Mine disaster of 1959 essentially ended coal mining in the region. Scranton's population dropped by over 67,000, from its peak of 143,433 in the 1930 census, to 76,089 in the 2010 census, but had rebounded slightly by 2020. The city now has large health care, academic, tourism, railroad, and manufacturing sectors.
Entrance to Brooks Mine in 2022. Built in 1902, the small 150 ft (46 m) long Brooks Mine, located in the park, was conceived and funded by Reese Brooks, owner of a coal mine in Moosic, Pennsylvania, as a training location for miners-in-training and a show mine to showcase the region's coal industry. Although not a commercial operation, the mine ...
A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping a dozen tourists for several hours, authorities said. The ...