The only feature of the Oliver 1 and 2 coal and coke works remaining that I am aware of is the repair shop shown here. (Circa late 1950s image by John Enman) An earlier photo of the Oliver repair shop. (Circa late 1950s image by John Enman) Tipple and mine shaft. (Circa late 1950s image by John Enman)
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Learn how a nonprofit and an archive organization are working to catalogue and preserve the records of Glen Alden and Blue Coal, two of the largest anthracite …
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Although early coal mining was a dangerous business, many miners were children (learn more on the Department of Labor's "Little Miners" Page). Thanks to mining laws, unions, and improvements in technology, coal mines are now much safer places to work. The number and severity of mining accidents that happen today are a fraction of what they …
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If you're looking for information about experiencing Pennsylvania's best underground coal mine tours, you're in the right place! As of 2024, Pennsylvania is home to 5 underground coal mine tours. Since I've visited all 5 recently, I'd like to share with you some of my photos and a brief summary about each one.
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Eastern Ohio is home to over 1,000 abandoned underground mines (AUM), mostly from coal production, which began more than 200 years ago. The Mushroom Farm site, located in North Lima, Ohio is plagued with acid mine drainage (AMD) resulting from surface mining conducted in the 1980's and an AUM from the late 1800's.
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See photos and learn the history of Centralia, Pennsylvania, including its founding in 1866, coal mining, and decline through the 1962 mine fire. In 1962 a mine fire began under Centralia, PA. Today the town is gone. History of Centralia PA Before 1962. ... Centralia, PA in the late 1960s looking south on Locust Ave. Credit: Offroaders ...
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The film blends dramatic re-enactments with archival film footage and photographs to show how America's ascendency as the world's pre-eminent superpower was fueled by the extraordinary social and industrial impact of anthracite coal mining in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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By the late nineteenth century it replaced wood as the preferred fuel for powering factories, locomotives, and ships, and displaced wood for home heating in the northeastern United States. ... In 1897 western Pennsylvania's bituminous mines surpassed anthracite production. The Keystone state led the nation in mining bituminous coal until the ...
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In some ways, Pennsylvania would experience its own civil war in the 1870s, when workers and their unions battled owners and industrialists. One of the most notorious labor episodes in U.S. history unfolded in Pennsylvania's coal region, when Irish miners formed a union to counter harsh policies of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad.
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Coal mining was crucial in the economic and industrial development in Pennsylvania. Coal mining began in the late 1700s, in both the bituminous and anthracite deposits in Pennsylvnia. Bituminous coal is a lower grade, composed of 46-85% carbon, and is distributed throughout the western part of the state. Anthracite a higher grade, …
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View Historical Documents. Links to PA Mining History. Titles of PA Mining Reports. Website Credits. These mining reports document the productivity and efforts of …
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Pennsylvania Coal Culture 3 C oal permeates the history and culture of many communi-ties in Pennsylvania. The development of coal operations in western Pennsylvania is the story of mining companies which created company towns, brought immigrant families from across the ocean searching for work and a new life, and built an industrial empire.
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This set of maps was created by the WPA during the 1930's to show the locations of known underground coal mines. These maps are based on 15-minute topographic quadrangles, divided into nine sections. (For example, "Altoona 1" represents the northwest corner of the Altoona 15-minute quadrangle.
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Child Labor, Pennsylvania Coal Mines (gallery) In the late nineteenth century, young "breaker boys" worked in anthracite coal mines in Pennsylvania removing impurities such as slate from the coal before it was shipped out. The coal would be broken into smaller pieces in the coal breakers and the young workers, hunched over conveyor belts ...
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Despite Pennsylvania™s long history as a major coal producer, information on the coal geology (Fig. 1), remaining resources, and extent of past mining is not available for …
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Active and Abandoned Mine Operations has collaborated with Pennsylvania State University to produce the Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas. This enormous resource contains thousands of detailed coal mine maps that can be overlaid on a variety of base maps for the entire …
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Today, "The Coal Miner's Inn" on Main Street (recently closed in 2012), and Red Cross Pharmacy's anthrocite souveniers serve as a reminder of this once flourishing coal town. ... Over a period of 48 years, the Pennsylvania Department of Mines counted over 6,028,658 employees; 20,611 fatalities; 9,651,244,151 tons of coal produced one …
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Learn about the importance, history, and safety regulations of coal mining in Pennsylvania, and the worst coal mining disasters that killed hundreds of miners. Explore an interactive map and summary tables of the incidents by county and type.
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There was an emphasis on the mines and mining operations, and of the miner's lives, homes, and families. Anthracite coal provided the United States with over 75% of its energy needs from the early 1800s to the mid-1900's. Ninety-five percent of this country's anthracite (and 90% of the world's) is found in nine counties in northeastern ...
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A Greene County coal mine will shutter by the end of this year, cutting 370 jobs, the company operating the mine told state labor officials in a letter posted Wednesday. Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mepco LLC, in a letter to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, said it decided to close its 4 West Mine due to what the company …
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Learn about the history and types of coal mining in Pennsylvania, from room-and-pillar to longwall methods, and the differences between bituminous and anthracite coal. Find out …
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Because large quantities of hard coal were found only in the ten-county area of northeastern Pennsylvania, firms were forced to dig deeper and more costly shafts that …
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Coal. Essay; Gallery; Related Topics; Related Reading; Related Collections; Related Places; Backgrounders; Links; Essay. In the nineteenth century, Philadelphia banks and entrepreneurs played a pivotal role in facilitating the emergence of coal as the nation's principal energy source for industry, transportation, and heating, by creating and …
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Between the coal mines, coke ovens, steel mills, and railroads, Western Pennsylvania was home to an industrial complex in need of able-bodied men. This miner's helmet was damaged when Richard Furgiuele was driving a cart for the Redlands Coal Company in Indiana County; his head became lodged between the mine's ceiling and his vehicle's ...
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From the Pennsylvania State Archives, listings of coal mine accidents in Pennsylvania from approx. 1899-1972. Pennsylvania Mining Accidents 1814 - 1986 (Sherard) Gerald Sherard's compilation of records culled from the Annual Reports of Mines and other sources.
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Classified by the state as "re-mining" jobs, virtually all of the dozens of active mines located throughout the storied eight-county anthracite coalfields are day-lighting …
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Pockmarks from century old timbers stretch out along the sloping highwall at Blaschak Coal's Primrose anthracite mine near Mahanoy City in northeastern Pennsylvania. ... According to Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), 2010 surface production was 3,027,215 tons, up 255,917 tons (9%) from 2009's …
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A carbonaceous fossil fuel, coal has a long history as the key energy source in the transition to industrialization, beginning in 17th-century Europe. In Canada, the history of commercial coal mining dates back nearly three centuries. Coal provided a critical energy source for early industrialization, generating steam power and coke (i.e., a …
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