The complicated story of Iron Mountain

Published February 12, 2025 5:59pm ET



BOYERS, Pennsylvania — People around here are used to the trucks that deliver paperwork to the old Pennsylvania limestone mine. Here, over 700 locals work as employees of the Office of Personnel Management processing the retirement papers of federal government workers.

Everyone around here knows of its existence. In fact, a lot of people around here either work there or have a family member who works there.

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