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Abandoned Jeddo Mine Tunnel spews toxic water near Hazleton and Drums, Pa

See recent article link below :
Abandoned Jeddo Mine Tunnel, build in 1891 drains polluted mine water from 33 square miles of deep underground coal mines in Drums, Pa. near Hazleton, pa. The tunnel was built by greedy coal barons to drain the deep mines and get the coal. The water drains into the Little Nescopeck Creek

I revisited the tunnel on this video

Here is a recent article about this



Excessively high concentrations of dissolved
metals also were identified as a characteristic of
the Jeddo discharge. I



Environmental impact, media impact and controversies
The Jeddo Tunnel was initially received positively. The Philadelphia Press and the New York Herald both printed a piece on the tunnel on December 9, 1894, calling the tunnel a remarkable feat of engineering.
The water that the Jeddo Tunnel drains is polluted due to past mining in its vicinity. The Jeddo Tunnel drains into Little Nescopeck Creek, thus polluting the creek and consequently Nescopeck Creek, the Susquehanna River, and the Chesapeake Bay. The construction of the tunnel has partially contributed to the width of Little Nescopeck Creek increasing from around 10 feet to between 30 and 40 feet. The tunnel is the only source of acid mine drainage that flows into Little Nescopeck Creek. The Jeddo Tunnel has eroded the banks of Little Nescopeck Creek.
One contaminant in the Jeddo Tunnel is aluminum. The tunnel also discharges coal dust and sediment containing heavy metals. These materials collect along the banks of Little Nescopeck Creek. Two people were killed in the Jeddo Tunnel on February 5, 1894. The tunnel also takes in sewage, hydrocarbons, and runoff pollution.

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