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Filling the void: major mine subsidence project set for Belle Vernon area

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection mining engineer consultant Eugene Trio (left) looks over a mine subsidence risk map on his computer with longtime resident Sam Cover at the North Belle Vernon Municipal Building on Friday<ins>, Nov. 22, 2024</ins>. Representatives from the DEP were on hand to talk to residents about a mine subsidence prevention project in parts of North Belle Vernon and Belle Vernon.

When Tom Wilson was growing up in North Belle Vernon some 60 years ago, he and his friends would sometimes sneak into the opening of an abandoned mine, searching for fossils or some buried treasure.


Source: The Tribune-Review