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Effort to
Digitize
Abandoned Mine Maps |
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This site is currently under reconstruction. When completed, it will include a brief summary of the results of several void detection technical projects that were conducted. It will also provide contacts for each of the state agencies that were awarded contract money to digitize mine maps. (08/01/2007) |
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.
Recently, 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.
We are asking anyone who has an old mine map to call us toll free at 1-888-753-9427 and we will send an agency official will pick up the map, copy it, and return the original to you. We will give copies to the appropriate states where the mines are located. If you need access to these maps or the final digitized maps, please contact that state’s mining agency.
Your effort may save a life.
Contact:
M. Terry Hoch
Chief, Pittsburgh Safety and Health Technology Center
P.O. Box 18233
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
Tel: 412-386-6902
Fax: 412-386-6928
hoch.terry@dol.gov
Maps will be returned!
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