What is That?

Crossed a creek this weekend and noticed its odd appearance. At first it looked like ice, but it wasn’t that cold and whatever it is is on the bottom.

Considering the area we were in, I’m sure it had something to do with the anthracite industry in that area.

 

Also to note, we found the sealed up entrance to an abandoned mile long train tunnel that was built in 1872 and closed in 1969.

If you notice way at the top of the photo there’s a stone darker than the rest that appears to have a bunch of holes in it. Those are 33 bore holes representing the 33 men that died while building the tunnel.

All this is around the area we’ve been riding enduro. I spent much of my holiday reading about the history of the area. There is tons. I’ll probably be posting a summary in the near future.

– b