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East, Pennsylvania

Eckley Miners' Village PA (restricted)

Old dump ground Inferred from historyRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: Look here; dig the private-permission patch ruins elsewhere: pit-town beers, medicines..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1854-1900

Anthracite patch-town life is documented; Eckley is a museum village.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Mine subsidence in the woods.

Keep exploring nearby

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