Underground Coal Mining in PA?

Hello All,

Just curious...Is there any underground mining operations in PA anymore or is it all strip mining?

Also, I seem to recall a post a few years back that had a link to the current mining operations in PA and the type of mining they are doing. Does anyone have that link?

Thanks for any info.

Neal

Sure do... See "Dirty Jobs" with Mike Rowe, Season 2, Episode 28.

UAE Harmony mine in Mt. Carmel Pa. is an underground mine.

I thought Hudson Coal in Pittston was still deep mined too??

Here is a list I found somewhere on a state website. It is a list of active permits. By looking at the list I see some mines that I know for a fact are closed but maybe the permit is still active, I duno. There also appears to be some repetition. Because I do not understand the permit process I suspect that multiple permits may be held or required for a single mining site.

Interesting list, maybe some names will be familiar, other than that it is just a list.

It comes from the state so I don’t think there is any copy protection keeping me from sharing it here.

Thank you