##tihuan2##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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##tihuan2##He resided at Shamokin and Trevorton until 1860, when he removed to Pottsville and thence in 1872 to New York. His death occurred at Durango, Mexico, in March, 1884. John B. Douty. John B. Douty came to Shamokin in 1852. He was born near Lambertville.
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##tihuan2##These coal mines, called collieries in the anthracite region, employed the vast majority of the region's workers through the mid-20th century. Other industries grew up in the mining towns and cities to employ the region's women as well. A train carrying anthracite coal from mine near Shamokin, Pennsylvania in the 1870s (NYPL)
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##tihuan2##v Table 1. Description of abandoned mine drainage sites surveyed in 1999-2000 for the Shamokin Creek watershed assessment ...
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##tihuan2##Towering high above Route 61, the village of Tharptown, and the city of Shamokin, the former Cameron Colliery's culm bank is a graphic and powerful reminder of the once-thriving anthracite...
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##tihuan2##Today, anthracite coal is extracted almost exclusively from previously disturbed sites. In 2017, 10 deep mines — all in Northumberland and Schuylkill counties — made up the entire underground...
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##tihuan2##Anthracite Heritage Museum and Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour. The museum will be closed to the public January and February. Open hours from March through December, Friday-Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm; however, groups of ten or more may call in advance to make an appointment for a guided tour. ... ANTHRACITE HERITAGE MUSEUM 22 Bald …
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##tihuan2##in New Mexico coal was revived when Kaiser Steel Corp. developed coking-coal mines in the Raton field. Also in the early I 960's, large-scale production com menced at new stripping operations in the San Juan Basin. The McKinley and Navajo mines opened 10 sup ply coal for electric po'.·"Cr generation. In 1972 the San
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##tihuan2##Small-scale mining of anthracite began in the late eighteenth century (Marsh, 1987). However, there were a few problems associated with mining and utilizing the coal. Initially, a poor market for this fuel existed because it burned differently than wood and soft coal …
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##tihuan2##ground anthracite coal mines and (or) unreclaimed culm (waste rock) piles degrade the aquatic ecosystem and water quality of Shamokin Creek to its mouth and along many of its tributaries
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##tihuan2##Once a busy if impoverished center for the anthracite coal industry, northeastern Pennsylvania exists today as a region suffering inexorable decline--racked by economic hardship and rampant opioid abuse, abandoned by young people, and steeped in xenophobic fear.
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##tihuan2##Shamokin experienced significant growth in the mid-19th century with the arrival of the coal mining industry. Immigrants from various European countries flocked to the city to work in the mines, giving rise to a multicultural community. As the coal industry boomed, Shamokin expanded rapidly, attracting investments and becoming a prosperous city.
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##tihuan2##by Gabby Zawacki. Drive through Northeastern Pennsylvania and you may see black hills of coal and orange water flowing near or through towns. What you're witnessing is the legacy of historic …
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##tihuan2##The Reading Anthracite Company of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, mines and reliably supplies, consistently high-quality, multi-grade hard coal products. And, within close proximity to major East Coast transportation ports and hubs, Reading offers the advantages of efficient domestic and international delivery solutions.
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##tihuan2##Cameron Colliery, later known as Glen Burn Colliery, was an anthracite coal mine north of Shamokin, Pa., in Northumberland County. Cameron Colliery was owned by the Susquehanna Coal Company, whose major stockholders were the Pennsylvania Canal …
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##tihuan2##began digging tunnels into the Vein, hoping to earn their living in the laborious coal mining industry.6 This coal from Shamokin was first taken to market in 1814.7 THE MOVEMENT OF COAL Before anthracite coal could become a major contender in the marketplace, miners in the Anthracite Region had to create a way to transport their product to ...
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##tihuan2##With almost 534 miles of waterways impaired by abandoned mine drainage (AMD), it is the second most AMD-impaired region of the Susquehanna River Basin. Only the Bituminous Coal Region in the West Branch Susquehanna River Subbasin contains more AMD …
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##tihuan2##Anthracite mining. What remains prominent from the heydays of Anthracite mining is the legacy of scarred lands and water quality impacts. Within the Susquehanna River Basin portion of the Anthracite Coal Region, there are nearly 64 square miles of abandoned mine lands (AML) and nearly 534 miles of streams impaired by AMD.
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##tihuan2##The Pennsylvania anthracite coalfields, along with the Georges Creek coalfield in Western Maryland, are really where the American coal company "patch town" originated. Image courtesy of Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA Miners of Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company eating lunch in the "dinner hole" in a mine near Coaldale. 2024 …
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##tihuan2##The Anthracite Heritage Museum is open Thursday – Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm from March through December. ... and presenting the story of hard coal mining, its related industries, the historic immigrant culture of northeastern Pennsylvania, and the evolution of the region's culture. ... Scranton Iron Furnaces Located near the Steamtown National ...
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##tihuan2##Shamokin developed as an anthracite coal-mining centre, reaching its peak after the 1840s. It suffered extensive fire damage in 1872. Following the decline of the coal industry, the city's economy diversified to include the manufacture of textiles, shoes, kitchen …
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##tihuan2##John Boyd built a Quarry and mined 50 tons of the stone coal. The coal was taken by horse driven carts to his farm near Danville and later loaded on to barges and sold 100 miles south in Columbia. Shamokin's Lower Gap mining began in 1836; the first colliery was built in 1857, renamed Cameron Colliery in 1864.
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##tihuan2##An undated color photo post card view of a group of tourists visiting the Glen Burn mine near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The caption on the back of the card states: GLEN BURN WORKING ANTHRACITE MINE TOUR. SHAMOKIN, PENNSYLVANIA. Happy tourists leaving authentic mine cars after a carefree …
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##tihuan2##Waste coal on fire in Shamokin, Image from Marsh Waste Coal Waste coal consists of low-energy discards from the coal mining industry (Ewall, 2007). It is referred to as "culm" in the Eastern Pennsylvania anthracite region and "gob" or "boney" in the bituminous coal mining regions, like Western Pennsylvania and West
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##tihuan2##Location of early Anthracite Coal mining operations in the Western Middle coal field. First discovered by Mr. Cherry, one of the original settlers in the region, in 1780. The coal of the Shamokin region was more readily introduced to various uses than that of other regions.
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##tihuan2##Photographic Essay of Anthracite Coal Mining well done photojournalist essay of present day anthracite ... Ham and beans on Rte 61 near Frackville: ... second: Garlan Derr, both from Shamokin; rest unknown. Cameron Coal Mine, c. 1947: Shamokin, c. 1945: Pyramid Skating Rink, Girardville, c. 1998: Hi-Way Drive-In, Fountain Springs, c. 1998 ...
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##tihuan2##Glen Burn Colliery in 1974, Eric Bella collection. Mining in the Lower Gap of Shamokin began in 1836. Like other sites in the region, many different breakers were built on the site, the first being in 1857, the operation …
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