Stay Out! Stay Alive!

Pennsylvania is home to approximately 250,000 acres of abandoned mine lands as a result of decades of unregulated mining.

• Abandoned mine openings may be unmarked or unprotected at the surface and can be hundreds of feet deep.
• Openings covered by decaying material may give way under the slightest weight.
• Unmarked mine shafts and tunnels can be hundreds of feet deep and will swallow you without a trace.
• Unstable cliffs, water-filled pits, old explosives, and abandoned buildings all add to the danger.
• To report the location of an abandoned mine or quarry, please contact Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Mine Safety at:
  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  Department of Environmental Protection
  Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation
  P.O. Box 69205
  Harrisburg, PA 17106-9205
  717-783-7442