Historic black-and-white photograph of an industrial mining facility with large buildings, conveyor structures, and smokestacks set against a wooded hillside.

Crucible Mine

Greene River Trail, History

In 1911, the Crucible Coal Company began to develop Greene County’s second largest mine. Located along the Monongahela River, less than two miles south of Rices Landing, the high quality coal from the Pittsburgh seam was to be shipped to Midland to be converted to coke for the company’s new steel mill.