Multiple workers were taken to the hospital following a late-night incident that happened inside a mine in Greene County.

Drainage from abandoned coal mines can carry massive loads of carbon dioxide, venting to the air decades or even centuries ...

In 1959, miners in Pennsylvania faced a nightmare when the Susquehanna River broke into an underground coal mine. Water ...

The Knox Mine Disaster claimed the lives of 12 miners. Rail cars were dropped into the whirlpool created by the Knox Mine Disaster in an effort to plug the hole. Workers search for survivors of the ...

Have you heard of a town that’s been burning underground for over 60 years? Deep beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, a coal mine fire still rages, turning a once-bustling mining town into one of ...

For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fuel every day. Burning all that coal has ...

PITTSTON, Pa. — Monday will mark 65 years since 12 men lost their lives in the Knox Mine disaster. Those 12 miners were remembered on Sunday morning in Luzerne County with a special mass at St. John, ...

TREMONT, Pa. (AP) - A coal mine explosion killed a Pennsylvania miner Monday, but four others were able to escape, authorities said. The blast happened at the R&D Coal Co. anthracite mine in ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A coal mine operator who was fighting record fines issued to his business after a fatal accident committed suicide at one of his mines. David S. Himmelberger, owner of the R&D ...

At least five people were taken to the hospital following an incident at a mine in Sycamore Township, Greene County. 911 ...

Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US history ...