The purchase of the Pennsylvania Coal Company and other changes in the companies and firms engaged in the mining and shipping of anthracite coal, spoken of as possibly to follow, call attention to ...

Mainly Museums describes it as the "largest and best-preserved anthracite mining community," and for good reason ... However, ...

The National Museum of Industrial History is partnering with the Reading & Northern Railroad to host a daylong rare mileage ...

A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month takes place in January. A variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Plymouth, Pittston, Ashley, … ...

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. A variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Plymouth, Pittston, Ashley, … ...

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 ...

To the anthracite operators, it would mean a strike without the prospect of losing any of their market by the public’s taking to soft coal as a substitute.

However, locals know that Lackawanna Coal Mine is one of the best mines to explore. The tour takes you 300 feet below the earth through an anthracite coal mine originally opened in 1860.

The No. 9 Coal Mine operated from 1855 to 1972, making it the longest continuously operated deep anthracite coal mine in the world. Today, you can explore the mine via a 1,600-foot rail ride ...

The strike of the miners in the anthracite coal fields in Pennsylvania, called because the wage contract with the Union had expired on Aug. 31 and no new contract could be agreed upon, continued ...