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The Leer South Mine in Barbour County, West Virginia, which produces high-quality metallurgical coal, was sealed for the ...
SCRANTON — Lackawanna County will construct a heritage-themed disc golf course at McDade Park with grant support from the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority, officials announced this week. The ...
The permanent full-time employees’ salaries range from $86,189 to $107,345 annually, and are dependent on an exam based on the Anthracite Coal Mine Act No. 346.
The Commonwealth is hiring Anthracite Mine Electrical Inspectors to work in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties, among other surrounding counties, with a starting pay of upwards of $107k annually.
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton.
Due to the snowstorm, all Lackawanna County parks other than McDade Park are closed for the day. Also closed are the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour and Lackawanna County’s Electric City ...
SCRANTON — Over 50 people were rescued from a mine attraction Monday afternoon after getting stuck several hundred feet below the surface during the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour, county ...
On Monday, during a tour of the Lackawanna Coal Mine, located in McDade Park in Scranton, over 50 people were rescued after getting stuck several hundred feet below ground.
— The Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour is open again on Tuesday, a day after an electrical malfunction temporarily stranded 54 visitors and two staff members in the mine at McDade Park.
Eckley Miners’ Village in Foster Twp., Luzerne County, an authentic 19th century coal company mining town dating to the mid-1800s, has been owned and operated by the state as a museum since 1970.