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, ...

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 ...

It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal deposits ... was part of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, a 15-day series of lectures throughout Northeast Pennsylvania.

Using a magnifying glass, Ron Sadusky, of West Mahanoy Twp. looked at an old map of Schuylkill County. “I like history,” said ...

Pennsylvania’s coal region ghost town, Centralia, continues to capture the imagination and attract tourists, even when ...

It was the work of George Luks, by that time a well-known American painter who considered the coal ... fields of Pennsylvania. At stake were better pay and working conditions for miners.

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 ...

Pennsylvania could help President Donald Trump's second administration achieve its energy goals, but not in the way most people may think. Fracking and Trump's promise to “drill, baby, ...

Pennsylvania could help President Donald Trump’s second administration achieve its energy goals, but not in the way most people may think. Fracking and Trump’s promise to “drill, baby, drill” were ...

Portions of east central, northeast, and southeast Pennsylvania ... for the trails provided by Famous Reading Outdoors in old coal-mining sites just outside of town. If the new ordinance ...