Big Mine Run Geyser area after rain (Ashland Geyser)

Today enjoy a trip to the Ashland Geyser aka the Big Mine Run geyser. This geyser is the result of multiple abandoned mines in the area and the runoff is quite the spectacle to see. The mines include the 'Bast', the 'Continental' and the 'Centralia Tunnel'. It's said to have reached up to 15 feet in the past but work may have been done to keep it less volatile to anyone at the surface. Enjoy the video and if you visit be sure to not go to close because the sulfur will get on your shoes and clothes if you fall in! The mud rocks and pallet are very slippery. Have an awesome day thanks for checking it out!
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**Credit to Bill Billus for the history lesson on the geiser. Thanks Bill!

[@4WDuck]

I love driving by

[@CoalCountryMedia]

The geyser also loves it when you drive by

[@williambillus1225]

It’s called that..not because of the color..but due to the fact that many homes along the way used to have their wastewater from their homes drain directly into it! So if ya were a fisherman..it was a good place to catch crappies, or some browns….

[@williambillus1225]

Also,, that orange stuff…in the mines was commonly called “yellow boy”.

[@GiffordMusic]

What would happen if someone jumped in the middle of that? Would you just hover or all fall down to the abyss?

[@CoalCountryMedia]

Should I go down and try it out?? 🤔

[@CoalCountryMedia]

I'm pretty sure the borough or state has some sort of valve installed there to control the flow of water coming out. Years ago the geyser was 16 feet after rain! (I saw videos). But today if you jumped in you'd probably get swept on your butt down into the orange Sulphur mudd in a dramatic fashion 😆

[@jeffdymarczyk4413]

You need to put tons of coal and sand to try and clean up the water!!!

[@CoalCountryMedia]

They actually did that when I was growing up in a section of the same creek out near Lavelle! It worked pretty well and the water isn't nearly as orange and was said to support trout and other natural marine life!! Pretty cool I'd love to see it all cleaned up but it's an incredibly giant undertaking after our ancestors ravaged these lands.

[@ryanawilson8549]

Centralia? The one on fire?

[@CoalCountryMedia]

Yes sir, it's very close to there, about 5 minutes!

[@user-pd2gu6li2n]

the orange rocks is because it's sulpher from the mines. We call them sulpher creeks. I'd love to know where the gusher is after heavy rains.

[@CoalCountryMedia]

I took this video after we had heavy rain for about 3 days prior so I expected it to be larger than it was. A friend of mine has a video from 15 years ago where it was at least 20 feet in the air!!! Since then they've added a safer nozzle near the surface so it's less pressurized coming out so I think there's a limit of how high it can go nowadays!

[@1fatcat65]

Iron oxidizing bacteria is harmless and most people with wells are drinking.

[@CoalCountryMedia]

I'm sure that those folks have filters on their wells and such. Definitely wouldn't drink this water here! There was, however, a restoration project that goes back decades that took place toward Lavelle and from what I understand, this stream holds native wildlife again in certain areas. I'm not sure of the modern-day condition out there though.

[@rodneynorman8216]

Just Lovely...