A Brief History of: The Knox Coal Mine Collapse and Flood 1959
Channel: Plainly Difficult
Date: 2021-03-13

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The Knox Mine Collapse and disaster was a mining accident on January 22, 1959, at the River Slope Mine in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania.

Disaster would result in an accidental breach into the Susquehanna River above it flooding the mines, resulting in the death of multiple workers. 

It would single handedly end anthracite mining in the region.

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Sources:

https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/knox_1959.pdf

http://nanticokehistoryonline.org/site2/pdf/Tenancy%20&%20Anthracite%20Labor%20Wars-Nanticoke%20Society-1-22-16.pdf

https://www.mhti.org/uploads/2/3/6/6/23664026/the_knox_mine_disaster_jan_22nd_1959._wolensky.__2018_.pdf

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