
Researchers at IUP are working to prevent mine accidents by scanning old mine maps into modern databases. 2:25, 14.4 MB

John Benhart with the Cruse large-format, digital scanner.
The mine map below covers Ernest and Creekside in central Indiana County, Pennsylvania from the early 1920s through the 1950s. This map, like others in in IUP’s collection, was drawn by hand and continuously updated. It measures 59 inches × 100 inches. Some of the maps in the collection are close to 14 feet long.

Click on the images below to see close-ups of the numbered areas of the map above.