Donations and volunteers help reopen a 120-year-old, educational coal mine.
The Brooks Mine in Scranton has reopened thanks to rehabilitation work done by Underground Miners, a preservation nonprofit. The mine was closed in 1975 when portions of its roof collapsed.on Aug 21, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET
By the 1970s, large-scale anthracite mining was all but over in Pennsylvania. Populations plummeted and a growing environmental awareness revealed some of the industry’s toxic legacies. The Brooks Mine, in Scranton’s sprawling Nay Aug Park, was open on and off in the first half of the century then closed in 1975 when portions of its roof collapsed. Despite calls for rehabilitation, the mine sat dormant, its gate locked, ever since.
Chris Murley, one of the group’s cofounders, said they got started by nosing around old, abandoned mines in the coal region. “There were a lot of ways to get hurt in the mines. It’s wild because back then, if you got hurt, there was no Social Security and no disability [benefits],” Kerkowski said. “You got hurt then, you were on your own.”
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