Quecreek Mine Inundation and Rescue

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Black Wolf Coal Company
Quecreek Mine Inundation and Rescue

Friedens, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
July 24-28, 2002
No. Killed - 0

• MSHA Final Investigation Report (7.2 Mb)

• Quecreek Fast Facts (CNN)

• Quecreek Rescue (Wikipedia)

• Executive Summary

• Subcommittee Hearing Transcript

Quecreek Mine Accident and Rescue Marker
Location: 40° 4.692′ N, 79° 5.143′ W.
Marker is near Somerset, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is in Lincoln Township. Marker is on Haupt Road (Local Route 623) 0.1 miles west of Somerset Pike (Pennsylvania Route 985), on the right when traveling west. Memorial is about five miles north of the town of Somerset. Marker is at or near this postal address: 151 Haupt Road, Somerset PA 15501
Photographed by William Fischer
Source: The Historical Marker Database

From the Google News Archives:

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Herald-Journal, July 26, 2002
Daily News, July 26, 2002
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 27, 2002

The Daily Courier, July 28, 2002
McCook Daily Gazette, July 29, 2002

"All Nine Alive!"
The story of the Quecreek Mine rescue

Proceed to Chapter One

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 'All Nine Alive!'
Staff Reporting and writing
Caroline Abels, Bob Batz, Jr., Michael A. Fuoco, Tom Gibb, John Hayes, L.A. Johnson, Cindi Lash, Steve Levin, Jim McKay, Johnna A. Pro, Milan Simonich, Anita Srikameswaran

Chapter One The Miners	Chapter Two Somerset and Coal	Chapter Three The Breach	Chapter Four The Rescue Begins
Chapter Five Desperate to Survive	Chapter Six The Rescue Continues	Chapter Seven The Media Converges	Chapter Eight Breakthrough!
Chapter Nine Up, Safe and Sound	Chapter Ten The Aftermath

Additional Quecreek Mine Inundation Resources:

	PDF Files Quecreek Graphic No. 1 Quecreek Graphic No. 2 Quecreek Graphic No. 3 Quecreek Graphic No. 4

	PowerPoint Presentations Quecreek Mine Rescue 1 Quecreek Mine Rescue 2

	Video Files Critical Decisions Quecreek Miners, Part I Quecreek Miners, Part II

	Music Links Quecreek Nine 🎵 by David Morgan Quecreek Nine 🎵 by Marcia McKenzie