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SCRANTON — The National Park Service at the Steamtown National Historic Site in will host a free public education program on “Mine Subsidence & Cut-Throat Waivers” on Thursday.
The program will focus on underground mining in the Lackawanna Valley/Scranton and its lasting industrial legacy in the form of continued land surface subsidence. At one time, most commercial and residential deeds contained standard legal language that provided area mining companies the right to dig under property. This language became known as “Cut-Throat Waivers.”
The public is invited to learn about this right that was given to the mining companies, the litigation that ensued following various cave-ins, and the growth of government regulation of the mining industry.
Those interested interested should be at the Amphitheatre at Steamtown in between 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on morning of April 9th. For any questions, people should call the Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association at (570) 822-6712.