mine subsidence insurance program

MINE MAP GRANT PROGRAMAND

MINE SUBSIDENCE INSURANCE

Larry RuaneAdministratorMine Subsidence Insurance Program

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Mine Map Grant Program

MMG

Restore

Scan

Georeference

Digitize

PURPOSE

• The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) created the Mine Map Grant (MMG) to provide funding to learning institutions and incorporated nonprofit organizations in Pennsylvania to:

– Process mine maps and mine data into electronic formats that can be used in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other computer applications

– And, in the initial solicitation of MMG applications, to encouraged applications by making every effort to distribute funds to all eligible applicants.

“These grants create an important partnership between DEP and institutions of higher education, develop a skilled workforce for the energy sector, and continue to ensure a safe working environment for Pennsylvania’s miners.”

Governor Tom Corbett

2013 MMG Grantees

The seven organizations that were awarded grants totaling $1.65 million are listed below with their funding amount.

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute, $484,631• Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine

Reclamation, $321,968• Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, $299,534• University of Pittsburgh, $225,000• Harrisburg Area Community College, $122,101• Saint Vincent College, $110,832• California University of Pennsylvania, $85,934

Benefits• Providing mine maps in electronic form will improve the quality,

quantity and delivery of mining information to the millions of residents of Pennsylvania's mining regions.

• At the same time, the MMG provides an opportunity for learning

institutions and nonprofits to train individuals in the use of the emerging geospatial technologies that will be integral to many computer operations, especially governmental operations that provide services and information to the residents of Pennsylvania.

• The experience gained from creating geospatial elements of a

geodatabase is applicable to almost any profession or business, (sales, marketing, engineering, medicine, logistics). The MMG will provide opportunities for internships and permanent employment with DEP and other government entities, especially the counties, with the grantees and with business and services throughout the private sector.

MINE MAP INVENTORIES

Tens of thousands of

Item Number File Location Mine Name Remarks

2601 FILCAB Victor 29 Maps in Fair Condition2602 FILCAB Victor 40/41 maps in fair condition.2603 FILCAB Victor 5 Map in fair condition2604 FILCAB Victor 5 and 62605 Digital Victor 92606 FILCAB Victor 9 &10 Also see file 0262.2607 file 409 Victor 9/10 Combines with map file 4092608 DIGITAL Victor and Sterling Mines2609 FILCAB Victor Mine, No. 3 Drift2610 FILCAB Victor No 42611 FILCAB Victor No 9 & 10 Maps in fair condition. Also see file 0409.

2612FILECAB Vigilant & Crescent Maps in fair condition *see file #407-all maps in

that file.2613 Digital Only Vigilant and Crescent

2614WPA/DIG Vigilant Mine WPA Mapping *see file #407-all maps in that

file.2615 FILCAB Viking Maps in good condition2616 Digital On Vinton #12617 FILCAB Vinton 3 Maps in good condition2618 Digital On Vinton 42619 Digital On Vinton 52620 Digital Only Vinton 6 Maps in fair condition2621 FILCAB Virginia Map in fair condition2622 6-A-2 Virginia # 20 Mine2623 6-A-2 Virginia 20 Maps in fair condition2624 FILCAB Vogel No. 1 Also see map location series in File 41162625 6-A-1 Vossler 1 Maps in fair condition2626 FILCAB Vulcan 1 map in poor condition.2627 Digital On Vulcan No. 1 Mine

Map Room Report Sorted by Mine Name, Operator 10/22/2012 02:05 PM

Russell Coal Mining 0364Bald Hill Coal 0597

Map Office - California District Mining OfficeOperator File Number

Barnes and Tucker 0581Clearfield Bituminus Coal 0418Blubaker Coal Company 4625Carrolltown Coal BMSO

0691Carroltown Coal Co/Sterling Coal Co 4133Harry Smith 4155Unknown 4299Joseph Tocarchick BMSOPittsburgh Coal 0280

Pittsburgh Coal Co CLHB3003

Boucher Cortright Coal 0681Vinton Colliery Co 4415Vinton Coal 1486Vinton Colliery Co 4416

4417Vinton Colliery 0431Lacy Coal 0352Crichton Coal & Coke Company 2132Crichton Coal and CokeUnknown 4333Allegheny River Mining 2110Atlantic Coal and Coke 0738Atlantic Coal & Coke Co. ALMB

MMGProjects

• Primarily, the MMG will fund the scanning, georeferencing and digitizing of mine maps. However, it will also provide some funding for mine map and document restoration and preservation.

Restoration

Scanning

Georeferencing

Digitizing