2. Coal

Middle & Southern Field Mines

Tower City, Mt. Carmel, Shenandoah, and the surrounding areas. NOTE: Do Not attempt to locate abandon mines. I have had permission to enter many of these. Also, some photos make it seem like I am deep inside, when it's just camera tricks. **Stay out, stay alive.** Want to check out some mine fires? Check out this page --> http://www.daladophotography.com/Coal/Mine-Fires/2364020_bqs8Qp#!i=177892585&k=j9M3XNM*
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Controls for the hoist.
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Controls for the hoist.

  • Inside the Spring Dale Shaft building.
  • Controls for the hoist.
  • Controls for the hoist.
  • Potts Colliery (Locust Dale).
  • --The Potts Colliery opened in 1857 and ran until 1955. The original name for the colliery was the Locustdale Colliery until a name change in 1873.
  • A drift on the side of a highwall.
  • Potts Shaft.
  • Looking down the shaft.
  • Weak steps in the shaft.
  • Potts Shaft
  • Slope at Potts.
  • Potts Culm Banks
  • Miriam Slope
  • Washery near Centralia.
  • Washery near Centralia.
  • "Back In The CSSR."
  • Washery near Centralia.
  • Newkirk Tunnel (Tamaqua).
  • --The Newkirk Tunnel was first driven in 1868 to a depth of 505 feet. In the 1940's the tunnel was enlarged to a depth of 2,211 feet. Mining ceased in the 1960's.
  • Newkirk Tunnel (Tamaqua).

  • Tom Dempsey Sr

    on November 23, 2017

    Also at Pioneer Tunnel and you guessed it! Red! Triple Ugh! Red is not an authentic color for any of this stuff. Should have been painted black or some dark color!

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