Article: Ligonier Township homeowners mixed on 2 mine reclamation projects

Ligonier Township supervisors heard mixed views Tuesday from about a dozen homeowners concerning two proposed abandoned mine reclamation projects on two properties.

Ligonier-based Coal Loaders Inc. is seeking conditional use permits from the township to extract remaining coal from two sites and reclaim much of the land at both sites to their pre-mined state as part of a government-financed construction program.

The first proposal involves a 40-acre plot owned by Seward Prosser Mellon known as Mellon Tract #2 along Myers School Road that would allow for completion of what would be the second of a three- phase mining and reclamation project. The company eventually plans to mine and reclaim a ...

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