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!

[@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”.

[@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!

[@4WDuck]

I love driving by

[@CoalCountryMedia]

The geyser also loves it when you drive by

[@ryanawilson8549]

Centralia? The one on fire?

[@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.