PRINTER'S NO. 2410
No. 385 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY McCALL, DeWEESE, ARGALL, BAKER, BALDWIN, BEBKO-
JONES, YOUNGBLOOD, BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, BOYD, BUNT,
CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALLY, DENLINGER,
DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FORCIER,
GEIST, ADOLPH, GEORGE, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HASAY,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, JAMES, W. KELLER, LEDERER, MAJOR,
MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGILL, McILHATTAN, MUSTIO, MYERS,
PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, RAMALEY, READSHAW, REED, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SHANER, STABACK,
TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI, SATHER AND
B. SMITH, JUNE 30, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 30, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the driving of the No. 9
2 Mine in Lansford, Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania coal mining industry powered the
4 United States through the Industrial Revolution; and
5 WHEREAS, Almost all of the United States' anthracite coal is
6 found in eastern Pennsylvania, with approximately 7 billion tons
7 of minable anthracite coal reserves within this Commonwealth;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, In 1855, the driving of the No. 9 Mine commenced
10 with miners reaching one of the largest and most important of
11 all anthracite deposits, the Mammoth Vein, on December 25, 1857;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, Mining continued in the No. 9 Mine for more than a
1 century, employing thousands of Pennsylvanians while providing
2 energy for our nation; and
3 WHEREAS, On a fateful day in 1972 Hurricane Agnes flooded the
4 No. 9 Mine, marking its last day of production; and
5 WHEREAS, The No. 9 Mine was and is an exemplary example of
6 safe mining, for it has never experienced a major mine
7 catastrophe throughout its long history; and
8 WHEREAS, The Panther Creek Valley Foundation has reopened the
9 No. 9 Mine as a museum to educate Pennsylvanians of their proud
10 coal mining heritage; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the
12 Panther Creek Valley Foundation for its charitable efforts in
13 educating Pennsylvania's future generations of their proud
14 heritage; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
16 150th anniversary of the driving of the No. 9 Mine whose long
17 history provided prosperity for generations of Pennsylvanians;
18 and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
20 the No. 9 Mine & Museum, 9 Dock Street, P.O. Box 287, Lansford,
21 Pennsylvania 18232.
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