There are plenty of old and abandoned mining towns in the United States ... However, in 1853, a few prospectors came to visit ...

In the area, coal is actually still being extracted through strip mining, but gone are the days when there was an abundance of jobs in the mines. Many Pennsylvania coal towns have fallen on hard times ...

The same Main Street winds through the old mountain mining towns of Cumberland, Benham and Lynch, crosses a river and runs alongside a creek. The early 20th century coal mining boom drew people to ...

For towns in southeast Kansas, coal mining was a way of life and those roots can be seen in the book “Southeastern Kansas: Coal Mining Towns,” which is now available.

VINDEX, Md. - You could say that this old town is just a memory now, ... Historians archive memory in deserted coal-mining towns <MCCSUBHEAD></MCCSUBHEAD> Staff Writer. The Ledger.

According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, coal mine employment in the US fell 39% between 2009 and 2016. It has forced many remote towns to adjust their economies to find and ...

On the edges of an old and depleted mine on the rugged outskirts of Pingdingshan in central China's Henan province, workers sift through dunes of low-grade coal, looking to extract every last ...

48-Yr-Old Fire Puts Coal Town on Last Leg February 5, 2010 / 12:56 PM EST / AP Standing before the wreckage of his bulldozed home, John Lokitis Jr. felt sick to his stomach, certain that a ...

From an old mining town rises hopes of a revival through music and unique architecture. The Metaphone is a building that plays sound using its walls, and of course, welcomes real musicians to join in.

China coal’s last hurrah comes too late for old mining towns By David Stanway Posted on November 11, 2021 An excavator sift through dunes of low-grade coal near a coal mine in Pingdingshan ...