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Pioneer, No. 9, Lackawanna and Beckley mine tours.
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Emergency Escape-way

  • The Pioneer Tunnel is a horizontal drift mine in Ashland. The man gangway runs 1800 feet straight into the side of the Mahanoy Mountain. Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company owned and operated the mine from 1911 to 1931.
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  • An underground miner writes his name with chalk on one of the walls.
  • Colihan shows guests a partial layout of the mine.
  • Cold, damp, and moldy.
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  • Acidic mine drainage.
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  • Worn equipment once used to control mules.
  • Emergency Escape-way
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  • Lackawanna Mine Tour- Guests descend 300 feet down the old Slope #190. This anthracite coal mine originally opened in 1860.
  • All aboard the mantrip.
  • A notice, in six different languages.
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