POTTSVILLE — When Tom Hartz was a young lad in the 1950s, dragline power shovels had pretty much replaced the hardy miners that harvested coal hundreds of feet beneath the earth’s surface. Still, ...

Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in Eastern Pennsylvania, residents of certain areas continue today to face a hidden danger: mine subsidence. Gaping holes sometimes open without ...

Jul. 20—WILKES-BARRE — Kneeling on all fours near a Luzerne County stream, Bobby Hughes peers intently at a mesh net containing wet sticks, pebbles and possibly living clues as to whether this ...

LANSFORD, Pa. — The No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum in Lansford takes people back in time to the days of the coal industry. "This is what built northeastern PA. Had coal not been discovered, it would have ...