The Porter Tunnel mine disaster occurred on March 1, 1977, near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Related photos appeared in editions of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, on subsequent dates.
Miners unload planks and other timber removed from the blocked passage way of the Porter Tunnel as they inch closer to the spot where one miner is alive and waiting rescue.
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From Newspapers.com.
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