In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, regional mines still provide jobs. The Department of Environmental ...
A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month takes place in January and a variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Plymouth, Pittston, Ashley, Hazleton, Hazle Twp., ...
A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month takes place in January and a variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Plymouth, Pittston, Ashley, Hazleton, Hazle Twp., ...
A public program hosted by EPCAMR and Earth Conservancy was held on Thursday in observance of Anthracite Mining History Month. Among the speakers was Ed Philbin, shown standing at the podium, of ...
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton. "It was ...
A bulldozer pushes mine cars toward the river in an attempt to dam the breach at the Knox Mine. (LUKASIK STUDIO ARCHIVES) Deacon Francis Bradigan anoints the Knox Mine Disaster memorial during a past ...
In the late 1700s to mid-1800s, coal miners worked in dim light, fueled at first by candles affixed to their heads, and later by whale’s oil lamps. Hundreds of years later, Underground Miners, a ...
Ernie Lucas walks past a coal buggy in the D & D anthracite coal mine, July 19, 2003, in Good Spring, Pa. This passage is 750 feet below the surface. A dwindling number of independent anthracite coal ...
LANSFORD, Pennsylvania — Much of Pennsylvania's natural beauty comes from its breathtaking views, from the top of a gorge, out the window of a car or peering out the window of a historic train. The ...
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