Filling the void: major mine subsidence project set for NBV area

There has been damage from mine subsidence in the Belle Vernon area over the past 50 years

When Tom Wilson was growing up in North Belle Vernon some 60 years ago, he and his friends would sometimes sneak into the opening of an abandoned mine, searching for fossils or some buried treasure.

Fast forward six decades, and Wilson has signed up for a state project to fill some of those voids in the mine where he used to roam by pouring thousands of cubic yards of grout to stabilize the undermined ground...