It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal deposits were going to become big business. Investors like Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia banker and one of the richest men in the world, ...
Excepting the Potts Colliery in the Ashland District and the North Franklin Colliery at Treverton, to the Shamokin District, all the coal mines north of Broad Mountain in the Schuylkill region ...
Pennsylvania’s coal region ghost town, Centralia, continues to capture the imagination and attract tourists, even when ...
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Millions awarded to address abandoned mine lands in PennsylvaniaAccording to officials, Pennsylvania has the largest inventory of abandoned coal mines ... to reclaim abandoned mine lands on State Game Land 326 in Butler Township. Schuylkill Conservation ...
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) on Wednesday announced that Eckley Miners’ Village — a landmark patch town preserving the legacy of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite mining industry — ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 29 -- D. O. Thomas, Coal Dock Inspector of the City of Perth Amboy, has just returned from the scene of the Pennsylvania coal strike. He thinks the strike will soon end.
It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County ... was part of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, a 15-day series of lectures throughout Northeast Pennsylvania. Beginning on Jan. 10 ...
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