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Mission accomplished: How rescuers saved the trapped Quecreek miners

Brad Hillegass had operated a crane plenty of times but never with the lives of nine men in the balance. That changed July 24, 2002, when nine miners were trapped 240 feet underground at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County and his job was to safely lift them to freedom ....

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How rescuers saved the trapped Quecreek miners

Brad Hillegass had operated a crane plenty of times but never with the lives of nine men in the balance. That changed July 24, 2002, when nine miners were trapped 240 feet underground at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County and his job was to safely lift them to freedom ....

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Fatal coal mine accident reported in Hollsopple, PA

A man died Wednesday at an LCT Energy mine site in Hollsopple. ....

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DEP issues order to stop active mining at site where miner was killed

The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a compliance order to stop all active mining at the Springhill Township site where a miner lost his life in a collapse ....

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Worker dies in roof collapse at Pennsylvania mine

WTAE-TV(SPRINGHILL TOWNSHIP, Penn.) A worker is dead after a stone mine collapsed in southwestern Pennsylvania Friday, officials said. The roof of the Laurel ....

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