Hi. Been a long time since I posted... I have a question that I hope can be answered, and hopefully it will stimulate some discussion. This concerns the appalacha coal mine and the yellow creek branch of the prr that served it. Recently some new information has turned up on this now abandoned mining town 5 miles south of Indiana Pa. My question concerning it, and the rail line to it, is this... I recall the rail line crossing route 954 and running along the south side of Yellow Creek... a dirt road also ran between yellow creek and the rails... but I have also heard that the little mining community existed on the NORTH side of yellow creek... and so... where exactly was this place, and, if it was in fact on the north side of the creek, did the railroad then cross Yellow Creek to access it? It's been a long time since I've been there; the mine closed in 1967... any insight into this? I was actually on the road on the south side in 1966, and didn't notice any houses: evidently there were 33 houses back there at one time... or..... was I on the wrong road??? It's really tough to find anything out about this little known place. Thank you. Ken
Your questions are answered here: http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry. ... lacha.html
For a topo map showing the rail spur to mine on South side of Yellow Creek: http://mapper.acme.com/ coordinates N 40.56924 W 79.11324