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 …

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 …

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 anthracite region’s worst …

Tons of clay and rock were poured into the hole and a concrete cap was placed on top of the opening. They then pumped much of the water out of the mine to look for the remaining 12 …

Jan 10, 2025 · The program will be held at The Scranton Arts Haus Theatre, 301 Lackawanna Ave., in Scranton. Screening times are 6:20 and 8 p.m. Purchase tickets at Knox Mine …

Jan 22, 2023 · Local mining historian Bill Best gives a tour at the site of the Eagle Air Shaft, which was used as an escape route for coal miners trapped in the Knox Mine in 1959. Above, a …

On Jan. 22, 1959, 69 men escaped the flooded mines and 12 were killed. The incident became known as the Knox Mine disaster, which ended an already-fraught anthracite coal mining …

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: …

Dec 3, 2005 · The Knox Mine disaster was a mining accident that took place in the village of Port Griffith in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania, near Pittston, on January 22, 1959. The River …

Jan 19, 2009 · The cause of the Knox Mine Disaster, historians and analysts agree, was that the Knox Coal Co., which leased the River Slope mine from property owner Pennsylvania Coal …