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Effort to Digitize
Abandoned Mine Maps |
The problem with abandoned mines was highlighted as a result of the Quecreek accident in July of 2002, when nine miners were trapped underground for four days. Shortly after the Quecreek accident, MSHA held a symposium to make all stakeholders aware of problems with abandoned mines. We created a Public Service Announcement (PSA) which we distributed to television stations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia asking for the public to share old mine maps with us.
MSHA granted almost $4,000,000 to mining states for the collection, electronic scanning, georeferencing of mine maps to adjacent mines, electronic sharing of mapping, and archiving of original maps.
Anyone who is in possession of an old mine map should contact the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Mine Map Repository, at http://arcc.osmre.gov/MMR_Services.asp or by phone at 412-937-2833.
Your effort may save a life.
Resources
Maps will be returned!
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