No.9 Mine Picnic and Heritage Festival

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Post by mike » Wed. Apr. 23, 2008 8:09 pm

The No.9 will be having it's annual Memorial Day picnic on Sunday May 25th from 11 to 4. There will be a DJ there along with home made ethnic foods.
We will also be having a Coal Miners Heritage Festival on Sunday July 13th from 10 to 5 rain or shine. There will be displays there from Abandoned Mine Research, Mine Rescue (tentitive) , Delaware and Lehigh Heritage Corridor,and Local Mine Memorilbilia Collectors just to mention a few. There will also be ethnic foods and live music. You can try your hand at shoveling 1ton of stove sized coal, watch our live demonstrations on blacksmithing, timber setting, and spiking rail. All in all it will be a fun day. If anybody needs directions just PM.

 
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Post by mike » Tue. May. 20, 2008 6:37 pm

Just a reminder, if any of you guys are heading south after the meet and great this weekend stop in at the No.9 for our picnic on sunday. The weather is looking great so far for both days.

 
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Post by mike » Tue. May. 20, 2008 6:41 pm

Ok scratch that. I thought your meet and greet was this coming weekend, it's the following one. Well if anybodys in the neighborhood stop in!


 
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Post by coal berner » Tue. May. 20, 2008 6:49 pm

mike wrote:Just a reminder, if any of you guys are heading south after the meet and great this weekend stop in at the No.9 for our picnic on sunday. The weather is looking great so far for both days.
Mike if I come can I Mine some coal I want to bring some back home with me and you know what Vein I want :lol:

 
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Post by mike » Tue. May. 20, 2008 7:03 pm

Sure you could take some home with you :D

 
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Post by coal berner » Fri. May. 23, 2008 10:57 pm

mike wrote:Sure you could take some home with you :D
Do you have the muker Running I want to fill my truck


 
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Post by mike » Sun. Jul. 06, 2008 9:41 pm

Ok folks if your in the neighborhood on the 13th of july stop in at the No.9 mine and museum in Lansford. We will be having our first annual Coal Miners Heritage Festival. The first 200 people get half price admisson to the mine and museum. In addition to our regular tours there will also be: A coal shoveling Competiton, Timber Demonstrations, Craft Fair, Patch town Historical Reenactments, Ethnic and Cultural Heritage Displays and Sales, Mining Canal, Railroad, Brewing and Local History Displays, Homemade Coal Region Foods, Chicken BBQ, Strolling Minstrels and Musicians, Old time fiddl music, Childrens games, Birds of Prey, and lots more.
For more information pm me or call the museum at 570 645 7074. it all starts at 10am and runs to 5pm

 
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Post by mike » Sun. Jul. 13, 2008 5:56 am

Todays the big day down at the No.9! Hopefully I'll see some of you there, I'll be the tour guide that'll look like he just crawled out of a coal hole.

 
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Post by stokin-railroad » Sun. Jul. 13, 2008 6:02 am

Have fun Mike ,i won't be there just got home from work, got to sleep.Hope your fest.goes well and good time to all that can attend!

 
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Post by mike » Mon. Jul. 14, 2008 9:05 am

Hopefully some of you guys made it down to the festival yesterday. It was a tremendus succses! I think we broke our record for tours by 11:30! Next years event is allready in it's planning stages 8-)

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