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 Post subject: Here we go again, Johnson shaft, Dickson city. PA
PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:31 pm 
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It appears the Johnson shaft has opened up again. For the third time. The area over the shaft in the bank parking lot is once again barricaded with orange fence, and from a distance a hole was covered with plywood. Think this is one shaft that should just be fended off ?


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:00 am 
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Earthquake related maybe?

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Nah, before the quake.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:24 am 
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ha, nice! ill have to swing by. doesnt sound as bad as last time though, when the entire thing opened up! that storrs shaft is still open up there as well. wonder whats gonna get done with that. we need to steal 190s pod for a day and rent a crane and check out that level above water in there.......yea.....

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Im onboard. We should be able to get to at least 2 landings at the Storrs.


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Does sound like an adventure!

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I repair tools for Scandale Construction and asked the manager about it around a year ago, they have no immediate plans to do anything. I asked about dropping a camera via a small winch into it and he said the company would be also interested. I never did much although.

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hmm, may need to bring the boom stick out of retirement.........

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:51 pm 
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Chris wrote:
hmm, may need to bring the boom stick out of retirement.........


I have thought of this idea...

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wait till ya see our rig. we used it in the mine water study for the geothermal energy idea proposed to scranton. we needed to drop a pod with some instruments down a shaft full of water to the bottom. i know we have it on video, im not sure about pics though ill have to see.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:47 pm 
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Drove by it today. Nothing really to see unless you hop the fence and remove the wood that's covering the hole. How deep does it go down? Would be cool to see.

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to the bottom :wink:

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To the bottom....why I outta...smart ass!

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i dont know if its the no.1 supply shaft, or no.1 main haulage shaft.

supply is 627 feet deep

main is 671 feet deep.

is that better :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: Here we go again, Johnson shaft, Dickson city. PA
PostPosted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:06 pm 
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I posted something before, but I guess it didn't take, my grandfather was the hoistman at the johnson mine, after the breaker there caught fire it was never rebuilt, there is a tunnel running from the shaft ares under main ave. and up along jermyn st to where ther used to be a mine and breaker across from the high school does anybody know the name of that breaker and mine? I like chocolate chip cookies


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