Our country is not only lavored by Providence with twelve times more coal area than any other country, but with every valuable variety of it, such as anthracite, cannel, and bituminous of every ...

Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and ...

F. Isherwood, Chief Engineer, U. S. N., it appears that the Collin's steamers use anthracite on the voyage to Liverpool, and Welsh coal, also an anthracite, on the return voyage. The Welsh coal ...

The problem was how to get the black diamonds to market in Philadelphia ... but it proved impractical as demand for anthracite coal grew. Then, only 16 years after Necho Allen discovered coal ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Virginia Law Register Vol. 15, No. 12, Apr., 1910 Pulaski Anthracite Coal Co. v. Gibboney ...

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 ...

His talk was “Dan Flood’s Direction on the Use of Anthracite Coal for U.S Military Bases during the War.” In Jenkins Twp. at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, the event which birthed Anthracite ...

The 100-foot behemoth stood tall, towering over ramshackle homes built on the backs of tens of thousands of anthracite miners — a reminder of their sacrifice that fueled an industrial revolution.

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, ...