Menards continues to add to their line of industrial structures. A little more than a year ago, they introduced Sooty's Coal Tipple, and have now added an O gauge Sooty's Mine Shaft to the lineup.

The shaft was blown up around Dec. 20, 2024. Keeping the mine operational as long as possible was crucial to the Ukrainian economy, as it produced coking coal required for steelmaking — Ukraine ...

A non-profit animal rescue in Westmoreland County made a six-hour drive to save six puppies who were found abandoned in a coal mine shaft in West Virginia. Sharyn Fisher, the owner of Fisher’s ...

Victims can drown in flooded shafts, get lost in underground tunnels or perish from poisonous gases present in many old coal mines. Mine shafts can extend hundreds of feet beneath the surface and ...

State officials have ordered tighter monitoring of methane gas above coal mines in the state after a slap on the wrist from ...

Just because a mine has been exhausted of its ore, that doesn't necessarily mean it has no value. A 2023 study suggests that the shafts of such abandoned mines could serve as energy-storing ...

Hundreds of coal mine workers in Somerset County could soon be out of work.The Corsa Coal Company submitted a layoff notice ...

During the tour you’ll see the original 700-foot-deep mine shaft – once contracted to produce 90,000 tons of anthracite coal – as well as a former miner's hospital, among other highlights.

The Illawarra region, known for its coal mining activities, is facing criticism for its stagnant efforts in capturing methane emissions—an area where improvement is not just necessary, but vital. This ...

“These coal-patch towns have loads of mines ... Two firefighters rappelled into a mine shaft after a man fell 25 feet through a 2- to 3-foot opening in the backyard of a home on Tipple Row ...