In fact, EPCAMR’s team has scanned more than 24,000 maps over the last 10 years that have been placed in the PA Historic Underground Mine Map Inventory System (PHUMMIS).

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- People whose homes were recently damaged by mine subsidence in Washington Township, Fayette County are urging their elected officials to help prevent more damage ...

The state Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation will examine the scene when the search concludes to see if the sinkhole was indeed caused by mine subsidence, spokesperson Neil Shader said. Old mines ...

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection mining engineer consultant Eugene Trio (left) looks over a mine subsidence risk map on his computer with longtime resident Sam Cover at the ...

A mine safety expert says many old mines in Western Pennsylvania have less than 50 feet of ground cover between the mine and the surface, making them vulnerable to collapse.

The state Department of Environmental Protection will address a mine subsidence in Mayfield after a sinkhole opened up in a resident’s yard over the weekend, according to borough and state ...

Rescue workers continue to search, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, for Elizabeth Pollard, who is believed to have disappeared in a sinkhole while looking for her cat, in Marguerite, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt ...

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — The team looking for a missing Pennsylvania woman believed to have fallen into a sinkhole has determined that an abandoned coal mine is too unstable for people to ...

Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in Eastern Pennsylvania, residents of certain areas continue today to ...