327 Boy Scouts took the Mining in Society Merit Badge course at the 2018 Spring Camporee for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of the Boy Scouts of America, conducted by the Pennsylvania Anthracite Section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) in conjunction with the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Eckley Miners Village, and the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour. The Camporee was on May 19, 2018, near Scranton and Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The course was organized by Brian Traweek, P.E., member SME and Principal of American Mining Engineering based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, by Dr. Bode Morin, Historic Site Administrator for the Anthracite Heritage ...