Regional Mining History Week Events to take place January 10-24th

The regional observance of Mining History Week will take place January 10-24, 2015. There will be programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Wyoming, and Ashley. The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s Anthracite coal mine workers, and their families and communities. The programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum,…

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EPCAMR GIS Specialist Samantha Schafer and Staff Work to Design Quick Reference Mine Map Symbol Poster

EPCAMR GIS Specialist, Samantha Schafer, and Watershed Outreach Specialist, Gabby Zawacki, along with other GIS staff members, Kelsey Biondo and Dave Svab, are working to design and produce a quick reference Mine Map Symbol poster of common and not so common mine map symbols, geologic points of interest, and surface…

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