Demolition imminent for another Brownsville home in path of strip mine expansion
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - An excavator is seen in position to raze a home in Upper Brownsville on April 18, 2025.
BROWNSVILLE – An excavator is in position to take down another home in Upper Brownsville as a coal company is buying up and razing homes in the patches west of Shenandoah to expand a strip mine.
A double-block at 1303 West Coal will be the latest home in the Upper Brownsville section to be razed.
Keystone Anthracite is expanding their strip mine between Shenandoah and Lost Creek #2, which has involved the purchase and destruction of much of the latter village and Upper Brownsville.
The Girardville-based coal firm is asking West Mahanoy Township to abandon the portion of West Penn Street in Upper Brownsville where they’ve razed several homes.
A portion of the street is already blocked off by cones, though township supervisors tabled the matter at April’s regular meeting.
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