Coudersport Ice Mine

Coudersport Ice Mine The Coudersport Ice Mine opens Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. We are open for tours and visits to our gift shop Wednesday through Sunday. When Mr.

Hours 10:00am - 5:00pm. The Ice Mine is a seasonal operation. We open every year on Memorial Day and close on Labor Day. The Coudersport Ice Mine was accidentally discovered in 1894 by Billy O'Neil while he was using a divining rod to try and locate a silver mine which was thought to be somewhere in Ice mountain. O'Neil started digging, he found layers of ice, not silver. In time, the digging cont

inued until the shaft was 10' long, 8 wide and some 30'deep. The Ice Mine is located in the side of a hill completely sheltered from the sun and wind. Ice begins to form in April and is usually melted by October. Edwin Swift Balch has described the Ice Mine as a true "glaciere naturelle" or natural refrigerator. He states that even though the Coudersport Ice Mine is small, it is the most impressive one known in the eastern United States.

Address

176 Ice Mine Road
Coudersport, PA
16915

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

(814) 274-9900

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