GEM calls this "Res Mine 33." It confirms it is a metallurgical coal mine as opposed to a thermal coal mine. That is, the coal is used to make coke.
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| Remembering Bethlehem Mines posted 1965 Cambria Slope Plant, Ebensburg, PA J John Krampy: The big mine. James Torgeson shared A 1965 Roberts & Schaefer ad featuring the coal washing plant at the Bethlehem Steel Cambria Slope Mine #33. |
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| Remembering Bethlehem Mines posted Cambria Slope 1966 James Torgeson shared Frank Newton: Sun Coke Energy Indiana Harbor uses a coal tripper system attached to the Pusher to charge coke ovens that had just been pushed or brought back into service . Simple design and engineering still in use . Can be a challenge changing out pulleys , tight fit . |
The Cambria & Indiana Railroad connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad in Ebensburg. (Indiana is a county that is just west of Cambria County.) Not only is the C&I now abandoned, but so is the Pennsy route, which is now the Ghost Town Trail.
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| 19792 Ebensburg Quad @ 24,000 |
I presume the treeline between the two "black lines" was where the tripper belt ran. And each black line was the three tracks on a side that held 50 cars each.
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| terrapass "The Cambria 33 mine opened in 1968, and is made up of five seams. In the late 1980s, it was the largest operating mine in Cambria County, but was subsequently abandoned in 1994." The above equipment was installed in 2008 to capture the methane being released by the coal. |
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| VesselsCarbonSolutions "Vessels Carbon Solutions is currently operating a combustor at Cambria 33 and capturing methane emissions equivalent to removing 38,000 cars off the road." |
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Remembering Bethlehem Mines posted January 5, 1983. Mine 33, Ebensburg PA James Torgeson shared Checking headlamps at the Bethlehem Cambria Slope Mine #33. |
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