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An industry trade association is calling on Pres. Trump to enact tariffs on imported anthracite coal, a spokeperson announced ...
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 ...
Anthracite coal, often referred to as “hard coal,” was the engine driving Luzerne County’s economic development from the 19th century onward.
HISTORY OF ANTHRACITE COAL. Share full article. Feb. 25, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 25, 1883, Page 12 Buy Reprints.
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 ...
The Commonwealth is hiring Anthracite Mine Electrical Inspectors to work in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties, among other surrounding counties, with a starting pay of upwards of $107k annually.
This article was originally published with the title “ Hints on the Burning of Anthracite Coal ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 21 No. 12 (September 1869), p. 186 doi:10.1038 ...
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 ...
Anthracite coal was discovered in Pennsylvania soon after the settlement of the Wyoming Valley, but its first practical use was by Obediah Grose in his blacksmith's shop in the year 1768.
MAHANOY CITY — An industry trade association is calling on President Donald Trump to enact tariffs on imported anthracite coal, a spokesperson announced Wednesday. “The anthracite industry ...
Another week went by at Atlantic City (TIME, July 20, 27) and the anthracite coal miners and operators managed to sandwich in four sessions of conference. They have until Aug. 31 (when the present ...
Pennsylvania anthracite, the highest-grade coal in the world, is an ultra-pure carbon source essential to national security, steelmaking and environmental remediation, the council says.