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Eckley Miners' Village, Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD
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Some Good Memories Hiking In The Coal Reclamation Lands, Strip Mines And Mountains Near Hazle Brook, Foster Township
Some Good Memories Hiking In The Coal Reclamation Lands, Strip Mines And Mountains Near Hazle Brook, Foster Township
The first weekend of Summer arrived here in Northeastern Pennsylvania with some cool, dry Canadian air, clear skies and brilliant sunshine. Perfect hiking weather. I wanted to take advantage of the sunshine. I planned to hike the railroad tracks near the patch town of Hazle Brook in Foster Township. When I arrived in Hazle Brook I recalled the coal reclamation project that I visited last January.…
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Hiking Close To Home. Hazle Brook Mine Reclamation. A Future Wildlife Habitat.
Hiking Close To Home. Hazle Brook Mine Reclamation. A Future Wildlife Habitat.
I heard there was a new mine reclamation project near the village of Hazle Brook in Foster Township. I often hike near this former patch town. It once had an underground coal mine and coal breaker in the 1800’s. Later the area was strip mined and the resulting mine pits, culm, slate and coal silt surround the village.
I usually walk through these strip mine areas as they they are also…
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