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Originally posted by AOIIsilver
Does this mean that you do not own the land under your home in Pittsburgh?!?! Do homes collapse with the downfall of old mine shafts?
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Unfortunately, very few people do, in this county. My ancestors in two other counties which were originally VA counties and became PA counties owned the mineral rights - it seems to vary.
You can get mine subsidence insurance. The Bureau of Mines has maps which will tell you how much "ceiling" you have between your house & the mine. The larger the number, the less you need the insurance. My first house, there was 60 feet (ouch!), so I insured to the max. My current house is 500+ feet, so I'm not as highly insured.
My brother knows someone who had subsidence of a whole inch - and collected several thousand dollars. Honestly, you can't even tell the difference!
Most of the shafts have been filled in; it's the actual mines that are aging. They used locust posts to hold up the roof of the mines, and they should be rotting soon. I'd like to be out of here by then!
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