POTTSVILLE – When it went into operation in March 1931, the St. Nicholas breaker outside Mahanoy City was one of the largest processors of anthracite coal in the world. State-of-the-art technology, it ...
High above Pottsville, a towering statue of Henry Clay gazes over the historic Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron Company building, now the Reading Anthracite Company office and the surrounding coal ...
Anthracite mined in Northeast Pennsylvania has the highest grade of carbon in the world and is a different product than what politicians refer to when they call for “No More Coal,” a local mining ...
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 requests ...
We carved our present out of coal’s past. Regardless of what the county and region thrive on now, or how we forge the future, Anthracite coal forever sits at the heart of how we became who we are. It ...
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As a kid, Jake Wynn was fascinated by the ruins of the coal industry near his northern Dauphin County hometown. The remains of the Williamstown Colliery on Big Lick Mountain were something of a ...
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