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Old 11-22-2014, 04:31 AM
 
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I know that now... We were kids.. 8 -10 years old at the time.. and very lucky.. had there been oxygen deprivation or a collapse they never would have found us.
JohnQ... I do not know how old you are but was reading this thread to my husband this morning and he was smiling and nodding. Coleman, Mr. LOVEN said Ty for the pics of "The Marvine"!
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Old 12-05-2014, 08:14 AM
 
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Thanks a bunch, johnq. I should have thanked you sooner, but research got in the way. --Dan
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Old 12-20-2014, 06:33 PM
 
Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
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When I look at the pictures from "back in the day", I have a hard time associating it with what it looks like today.
Worse, the pictures of the Marvine colliery look very similar to the pictures of the Mt Pleasant colliery... I guess because they are terrain-similar, and not far from each other.

I'd love to be able to see pictures that pointed out a side by side with a similar angle from recently. But I've been unable to find such a comparison, and I can't seem to gauge it myself.

Anyhow, these are pictures of Marvine field as it looks recently, if anyone is interested:

watermelonpunch » Marvine
watermelonpunch » Fog in field

Both my grandfathers, my great-grandfather, and a great-uncle, were all coal miners. But in Duryea, not Scranton.

I live in a house that I'm told was built for a colliery manager of some type.
Gardening here is... interesting.
It's a good thing I'm not a fan of roses.
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