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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Newkirk Tunnel (Tamaqua).
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Newkirk Tunnel (Tamaqua).

  • 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).
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