The Knox Mine disaster was a mining accident on January 22, 1959, at the River Slope Mine, an anthracite coal mine, in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna River broke …

On January 22, 1959 a tragedy so corrupt and catastrophic occurred at the River Slope mine in Port Griffith, Pennsylvania that it changed the future of the Anthracite coal industry forever: …

On Jan. 22, 1959, water broke into the Knox Mine in the village of Port Griffith. Twelve men were killed. Their bodies were never recovered. The tragedy ended most mining in the area and …

Jan 21, 2022 · At 11:40 AM on January 22, 1959, miners in the Knox Coal Company’s River Slope Mine broke through the bottom of the Susquehanna River bed, and triggered the …

The Knox Mine disaster was a mining accident that took place in the Greater Pittston, Port Griffith, Pennsylvania, near Pittston, on January 22, 1959. The River Slope Mine, an anthracite coal …

Jan 22, 2024 · Sixty-five years ago, the earth beneath a swollen Susquehanna River gave way. Weeks before, coal miners on company orders dug for anthracite coal too close to the …

At around 11:30 AM on January 22, 1959, the Susquehanna river broke through the thin rock roof of the River Slope Mine, Knox Coal Company. The hole became an estimated 150 feet in …

Jan 21, 2014 · The Knox Mine Disaster, a WVIA Original Documentary Film produced in 1984, features many first-person accounts of the tragedy that helped mark the end of deep mining in …

coalfields, the Knox Mine Disaster took 12 lives and virtually ended deep mining in the Pittston/Wilkes-Barre area. It occurred when the Susquehanna River broke into the Knox Coal …

Tragically, the walls of the mine had been excavated to an estimated 19 inches from the rising Susquehanna. Millions of gallons of river water crashed into the mines, drowning some men …