Chris wrote:
great pics........ eric, hmm do we know him...... must be this annoying kid:
http://undergroundminers.com/eric2.html 
edit....... also, is that concrete tunnel in moosic near kmart?
Hey Chris,
Yup; you got it right on both counts!
I'm impressed that you knew the tunnel location, but you probably remember my original post on here about my relatives? ha ha
I had a cool day yesterday--did you guys ever see the Stackhouse Colliery remains down near Shickshinny? Check it out--here's some history I got from the web about it:
From: Oscar Jewell Harvey.
Published in: A history of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
""Just below town, however, was a colliery and breaker, called Beach's mines from the owner.
Nathan Beach, of Beach Grove, Salem Township (see Egle's "History of
Pennsylvania," page 884) diagonally across the river from the Mocanaqua
mines ; Mocanaqua mines also owned by Nathan Beach, of Beach Grove,
Pennsylvania. He sold these mines to Carey and Hart, of Philadelphia (hence
the early name of Hartville instead of the present one — Mocanaqua). Carey
and Hart sold to the Duponts, they to Major Conyngham and Company, of
Wllkes-Barre, they to Simpson and Watkins, of Scranton, and they to the
present owners, the Dickinsons, of Scranton and New York.
"The mines on the Shickshinny side of the river were opened by Nathan
Beach, the owner. His grandson. Dr. Erasmus Crary, in 1840 invented the
first inclined chute that had been used in the coal industry, sending the coal
down from the mountin by this chute ; it was then loaded in arks or boats for
shipment to Philadelphia and elsewhere. The next one to operate these
Shickshinny or Rocky Run mines was Nathan Beach Crary, in 1858. He was
a grandson of Nathan Beach. Later, Mr. Crary leased Beach's mines for a
short period to Jesse Beadle, who paid the lease by the out-put of coal. Later,
in 1865, Mr. Crary sold them to Stackhovise and Weir. In 1866, owned by
Cyrus and John Stackhouse, which became under them the Salem Coal Com-
pany, and finally ownership became vested in E. S. Stackhouse, the present
owner. Thus through the years, the history of ownership is briefly: ist.
Beach's mines with Dr. Erasmus Crary and N. B. Crary operating. 2d. Salem
Coal Company (Cyrus and John Stackhouse). 3d. and last, E. S. Stackhouse."
WAHOO, baby! This is some
REAL "History" baby! This sucker is
ancient! And that inclined plane is STILL THERE!
A few of the gears still lay strewn about.
The inclined plane--could this be one of
"THE" original inclined planes spoken about in the article there?! Man, that's exciting!
And ok--I need you guys' expert opinions. About 100 yards above the remains of the inclined plane, I came across this--I say that this is an old slope adit, sealed up? You can see that there's a concrete barrier in place, and a drainage pipe emerging from it. There is also a good length of rusted, rotted pipe in front of it, buried in the leaves and soil. The main runoff stream that comes down the mountain here actually flows mainly to the right of it, but there is runoff going over this and accumulating in a pool beneath--normal, I would think for the depression in front of the adit. What do you guys think?
Lastly, just want to say that if anyone from the public is viewing this post and decides to go down there, please DO NOT take anything from the colliery ruins!! This is HISTORY, and you should LEAVE IT WHERE IT LAYS!!!!
OH! P.S.--Also, I got some firsthand info about that ceramic-tiled basin in the Huber. That was apparently where the silt was collected to be then transported out to the culm banks by that elevated conveyor thing. Cool beans.
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