About Pioneer Tunnel
Ashland lies in the anthracite coal area of eastern Pennsylvania. Albeit the region has large amounts of mines, in the mid sixties not one was available to the overall population. Thus, on Labor Day Weekend 1962, Pioneer Tunnel, which stopped activity in 1931, was retimbered and returned as where guests could encounter a genuine anthracite coal mineshaft. The Tunnel bears the cost of guests a potential chance to figure out how anthracite coal is mined. It shows how a vein of coal lies among rock and layers; it has a corridor, manways, and chutes. A piece of the Pioneer Tunnel is wooded and part lies in strong stone and requires no timbering. Their aides are capable excavators who know mining completely. Guests ride into the Tunnel on mines vehicles modified to convey travelers; the thought process power is given by an electric mines engine.