Experience the thrill of exploring an underground coal mine in Pennsylvania, a bucket-list adventure full of history.

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Residents opposed to the Rustic Ridge #1 mine expansion attend a town hall on the mine held by Mountain Watershed Association May 15, 2025. Jim Miller stands in front of the log home he and his wife ...

Coal mining’s roots in the Pittsburgh area run deeper than the foundations of American democracy. Since the mid-1700s, years before the Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvanians have mined 250,000 ...