Subseries I: Panels, 1963
Sub-Series
Scope and Content:
From the Collection:
The Earth Conservancy Project files, 1960-2003, bulk 1988-2001, contain materials documenting various aspects of the organization’s activity. The core mission of the Earth Conservancy is to address the impact of historical coal mining practices in Northeastern Pennsylvania and to restore the land’s economic, recreational, residential, and ecological value. Materials within the collection include papers outlining the origins of the organization, Board meeting minutes and executive committee meeting minutes, organizational policies, procedures, and bylaws, financial documentation via quarterly reports for various plans (SESLU, ARC, ROW, REES, ARPA), grant funding, budgeting, operating expenses, letters, environmental engineering projects from Wilkes professors and faculty, outreach projects, Earth Conservancy applications and accomplishments, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, reclamation plans for acid mine damage and other proposed plants that were not completed, environmental assessments and soil assessments, maps, land evaluation due to mining, and mine beds in various folios throughout Luzerne County. This collection spans a wide range of years but the bulk of the material focuses on the organization in its early stages from 1988-2001.
The Earth Conservancy Project collection is arranged into ten series with some series arranged further into smaller subseries to reflect different components of the organization.
The first series, The Earth Conservancy Organization files, 1992-1997, is arranged into two subseries and highlights the Earth Conservancy Board of trustees meeting minutes, executive committee meeting minutes, organizational policies and procedures, bylaws, and other institutional records.
The second series, Committee Meetings, 1993-1997, contains member meetings minutes and bylaw committee meetings minutes.
The third series, Financial, 1983-2001, is arranged into four subseries and contains quarterly reports, finances for various projects, other budgeting and expenses, grants and grant proposals, the lawsuit between the Earth Conservancy and American Asphalt in 1997, and prospective Blue Coal land sales.
The fourth subseries, Earth Conservancy in Higher Education, 1988-1997, contains documents highlighting various environmental and recycling projects with some of Wilkes University’s faculty, and information on the Ben Franklin Partnership Program.
The fifth series, Correspondence, 1991-1997, contains letters, memorandums, program applications, Earth Conservancy accomplishments, newspaper clippings, the League of Women’s Voters article on the Earth Conservancy, and other brochures.
The sixth series, REES Plans, 1987-ca .1997, is arranged into four subseries and provides research and development on two parcels of land, Nanticoke 1 and Newport 4, as established by the Restoration of Environmentally Exploited Sites (REES), as well as a compendium of unapproved projects on other various land parcels in Luzerne County; this series also contains a joint proposal with the National Institute for Environmental Renewal for using a mixture of composted sewage slush and fly ash as a soil substitute in the Cleveland parcel and one of the Lauren Run Parcels.
There are also quarterly reports on REES activity and plans, as well as the final report of the entire initiative. The seventh series, Luzerne County Land Evaluation, 1963-1992, is arranged into four subseries and contains descriptions of mines and extraction in various panels and folios, rock formation, and soil assessments; this series also highlights flood assessments and subsidence potential. The eighth series, Earth Conservancy Memos, 1994-1996, contains various memorandums dealing with REES activities and projects, as well as several studies found through emails, letters, and surveys.
The ninth series, Kenneth Klemow’s Assessments, 2002-2003, provide insight on water quality investigation for wetlands and watersheds and their relationship to acid mine drainage.
The tenth series, Thomas Walski Reports, 1960-1997, is arranged into six subseries and contains research, planning, and associated press and finances in regards to the AMD wetland creation.
The Earth Conservancy Project collection is arranged into ten series with some series arranged further into smaller subseries to reflect different components of the organization.
The first series, The Earth Conservancy Organization files, 1992-1997, is arranged into two subseries and highlights the Earth Conservancy Board of trustees meeting minutes, executive committee meeting minutes, organizational policies and procedures, bylaws, and other institutional records.
The second series, Committee Meetings, 1993-1997, contains member meetings minutes and bylaw committee meetings minutes.
The third series, Financial, 1983-2001, is arranged into four subseries and contains quarterly reports, finances for various projects, other budgeting and expenses, grants and grant proposals, the lawsuit between the Earth Conservancy and American Asphalt in 1997, and prospective Blue Coal land sales.
The fourth subseries, Earth Conservancy in Higher Education, 1988-1997, contains documents highlighting various environmental and recycling projects with some of Wilkes University’s faculty, and information on the Ben Franklin Partnership Program.
The fifth series, Correspondence, 1991-1997, contains letters, memorandums, program applications, Earth Conservancy accomplishments, newspaper clippings, the League of Women’s Voters article on the Earth Conservancy, and other brochures.
The sixth series, REES Plans, 1987-ca .1997, is arranged into four subseries and provides research and development on two parcels of land, Nanticoke 1 and Newport 4, as established by the Restoration of Environmentally Exploited Sites (REES), as well as a compendium of unapproved projects on other various land parcels in Luzerne County; this series also contains a joint proposal with the National Institute for Environmental Renewal for using a mixture of composted sewage slush and fly ash as a soil substitute in the Cleveland parcel and one of the Lauren Run Parcels.
There are also quarterly reports on REES activity and plans, as well as the final report of the entire initiative. The seventh series, Luzerne County Land Evaluation, 1963-1992, is arranged into four subseries and contains descriptions of mines and extraction in various panels and folios, rock formation, and soil assessments; this series also highlights flood assessments and subsidence potential. The eighth series, Earth Conservancy Memos, 1994-1996, contains various memorandums dealing with REES activities and projects, as well as several studies found through emails, letters, and surveys.
The ninth series, Kenneth Klemow’s Assessments, 2002-2003, provide insight on water quality investigation for wetlands and watersheds and their relationship to acid mine drainage.
The tenth series, Thomas Walski Reports, 1960-1997, is arranged into six subseries and contains research, planning, and associated press and finances in regards to the AMD wetland creation.
Dates
- 1963
Extent
From the Collection: 16 boxes (16 document boxes [16.672 linear feet] )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Subseries I: Panels, 1963
This subseries contains six panels arranged numerically (8.1-8.6, 9.1). Each panel describes the “subsurface conditions resulting from the mining under the flood plains of the Susquehanna and Lackawanna Rivers, Wyoming Basin, Northern Field, Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania.” Each panel was prepared by the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Mines for the U.S. Army Engineer District, Baltimore Corps of Engineers and was written in 1963. Each panel gives an introduction that describes the following: pertinent surface features, particulars relating to the contour pattern of the top of the anthracite-bearing rock formation, overlying alluvial deposits, detailed data and comments on the degree of extraction and conditions created, evaluation of subsidence hazard potentials to the surface area within the floodplain of the Susquehanna, and relations to underground mine workings. Below, there is a table describing all of the mines located with the panel. At the end of each table, the same table is provided. Where a name of a bed does not appear in the tabulation or a mine, the bed is not present or had been mined within the confines of a specific folio. Each folio gives a description of its general location, mines, comments on the top of the rock, and additional comments. Each mining bed analyzed in each folio has the following information: bed name, acreage, depth below the surface, average thickness, feet of mining, extent of mining, type of mining the river-levee area and flood plain area, factual observations, and additional comments. (Note: some of the information provided in this subseries is relevant to the effects of the Knox Mine Disaster in 1959.)
Panel 1 is the Nanticoke - Hanover Sector (8.1) and contains Folios A-E. Folio A has 16 beds. Folio B has 20 beds. Folio C has 10 beds. Folio D has 22 beds. Folio E has 14 beds.
Panel 2 is the Plymouth - Hanover Sector (8.2) and contains Folios A- M. Folio A has 3 beds. Folio B has 15 beds. Folio C has 19 beds. Folio D has 5 beds. Folio E has 14 beds. Folio F has 21 beds. Folio G has 2 beds. Folio H has 7 beds. Folio I has 17 beds. Folio J has 11 beds. Folio K has 22 beds. Folio L has 18 beds. Folio M has 28 beds.
Panel 3 is the Wilke-Barre - Kingston Sector (8.3) and contains Folios A-P. Folio A has 45 beds. Folio B has 26 beds. Folio C has 22 beds. Folio D has 23 beds. Folio E has 20 beds. Folio F has 25 beds. Folio G has 17 beds. Folio H has 30 beds. Folio I has 9 beds. Folio J has 14 beds. Folio K has 24 beds. Folio L has 16 beds. Folio M has 28 beds. Folio N has 31 beds. Folio O has 19 beds. Folio P has 25 beds.
Panel 4 is the Forty-Fort - Plains Sector (8.4-8.5) and contains Folios AA-N. Folio AA has 23 beds. Folio A has 50 beds. Folio B has 31 beds. Folio C has 30 beds. Folio D has 39 beds. Folio EE has 9 beds. Folio E has 16 beds. Folio F has 8 beds. Folio G has 15 beds. Folio H has 31 beds. Folio II has 15 beds. Folio I has 16 beds. Folio J has 19 beds. Folio K has 16 beds. Folio LL has 7 beds. Folio L has 7 beds. Folio M has 11 beds. Folio N has 14 beds.
Panel 5 is the Wyoming - Port Blanchard Sector (8.6) and contains Folios AA-N. Folio AA has 9 beds. Folio A has 11 beds, Folio B has 17 beds. Folio C has 15 beds. Folio D has 17 beds. Folio E has 12 beds. Folio F has 20 beds. Folio G has 17 beds. Folio H has 16 beds. Folio I has 19 beds. Folio J has 7 beds. Folio K has 14 beds. Folio L has 25 beds. Folio M has 15 beds. Folio N has 15 beds.
Panel 6 is the Pittston - Duryea Sector (9.1) and contains Folios A-J. Folio A has 15 beds. Folio B has 21 beds. Folio C has 16 beds. Folio D has 8 beds. Folio E has 17 beds. Folio F has 12 beds. Folio G hsa 23 beds. Folio H has 20 beds. Folio I has 12 beds. Folio J has 16 beds.
Panel 1 is the Nanticoke - Hanover Sector (8.1) and contains Folios A-E. Folio A has 16 beds. Folio B has 20 beds. Folio C has 10 beds. Folio D has 22 beds. Folio E has 14 beds.
Panel 2 is the Plymouth - Hanover Sector (8.2) and contains Folios A- M. Folio A has 3 beds. Folio B has 15 beds. Folio C has 19 beds. Folio D has 5 beds. Folio E has 14 beds. Folio F has 21 beds. Folio G has 2 beds. Folio H has 7 beds. Folio I has 17 beds. Folio J has 11 beds. Folio K has 22 beds. Folio L has 18 beds. Folio M has 28 beds.
Panel 3 is the Wilke-Barre - Kingston Sector (8.3) and contains Folios A-P. Folio A has 45 beds. Folio B has 26 beds. Folio C has 22 beds. Folio D has 23 beds. Folio E has 20 beds. Folio F has 25 beds. Folio G has 17 beds. Folio H has 30 beds. Folio I has 9 beds. Folio J has 14 beds. Folio K has 24 beds. Folio L has 16 beds. Folio M has 28 beds. Folio N has 31 beds. Folio O has 19 beds. Folio P has 25 beds.
Panel 4 is the Forty-Fort - Plains Sector (8.4-8.5) and contains Folios AA-N. Folio AA has 23 beds. Folio A has 50 beds. Folio B has 31 beds. Folio C has 30 beds. Folio D has 39 beds. Folio EE has 9 beds. Folio E has 16 beds. Folio F has 8 beds. Folio G has 15 beds. Folio H has 31 beds. Folio II has 15 beds. Folio I has 16 beds. Folio J has 19 beds. Folio K has 16 beds. Folio LL has 7 beds. Folio L has 7 beds. Folio M has 11 beds. Folio N has 14 beds.
Panel 5 is the Wyoming - Port Blanchard Sector (8.6) and contains Folios AA-N. Folio AA has 9 beds. Folio A has 11 beds, Folio B has 17 beds. Folio C has 15 beds. Folio D has 17 beds. Folio E has 12 beds. Folio F has 20 beds. Folio G has 17 beds. Folio H has 16 beds. Folio I has 19 beds. Folio J has 7 beds. Folio K has 14 beds. Folio L has 25 beds. Folio M has 15 beds. Folio N has 15 beds.
Panel 6 is the Pittston - Duryea Sector (9.1) and contains Folios A-J. Folio A has 15 beds. Folio B has 21 beds. Folio C has 16 beds. Folio D has 8 beds. Folio E has 17 beds. Folio F has 12 beds. Folio G hsa 23 beds. Folio H has 20 beds. Folio I has 12 beds. Folio J has 16 beds.
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu