But, today, that mining has hollowed out the ground beneath us. Pennsylvania’s inventory of abandoned coal mines is larger than that of any other state in the nation, and the Keystone State has ...

Johnstown-based LCT Energy LP operates the 2,800-acre Rustic Ridge #1 coal mine in Donegal Township, just south of the ...

In this edition of One Tank Trips, we are going underground - and back in time - for an up-close look at a coal mine in Carbon County.

They were accidents waiting to happen. The Darr Mine, operated by the Pittsburgh Coal Company and located in south-western Pennsylvania, was one such mine. A cloud of dust and smoke instead of her ...

A miner has died after a mine collapsed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. On Friday afternoon, a mine collapse occurred at Laurel Aggregates' Lake Lynn Mine and trapped a worker inside, killing ...

Minnie M. Keiter invited a college friend, Verlista Shaul, home to Saint Clair on Easter break in 1887. Both were students at ...

Rustic Ridge No. 1 Mine near Donegal has state approval to expand its operations under the Pennsylvania Turnpike and tap into ...

The decades-long decline of Pennsylvania's coal industry could shift in another direction after a series of executive orders ...

The coal mining industry has a long, rich history in Pennsylvania, powering America’s Industrial Revolution and helping it become the sixth-largest economy in the United States. While coal ...