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Photograph of the marker which denotes the location of the first deep shaft underground mine in America, located in Carbondale.

The text on the plaque reads: < center > The D & H The First Underground Anthracite Mine Opened Here June 1831.

By Archbald Law First Mining Engineer Of The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company John Wurtz, Pres.

John P. Williams, Treas.

Officers of The Delaware and Hudson Company 1901.

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M. Olyphant, Pres.

F. M. Olyphant, Secty.

C. A. Walker, Treas.

C. C. Rose, Supt.

Coal Dept.

Erected 1901 The Fiftieth Anniversary Of the City of Carbondale.

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