Anthracite Heritage: Landscape, Memory and the Environment

In the anthracite region of Pennsylvania coal is found in alternating layers of rock that have been folded into mountains. The creation of anthracite is the final product of the geological process known as coalification. Anthracite contains 90-95 percent carbon. While difficult to ignite, it burns longer and cleaner than any other type of coal ...

Coal & Canals | Beyond Steel

The discovery of anthracite coal in northeastern Pennsylvania in the late 18th century and the subsequent development of efficient navigation systems, specifically canals, to move the coal to markets, were pivotal developments in American history. The result was the advancement of American iron making from charcoal to mineral fuel, which ...

Pennsylvania Anthracite Council | Reclaiming the Past, Fueling …

Anthracite, commonly known as hard coal, has been commercially mined and prepared in the Northeast Region of Pennsylvania for more than 150 years. Most Anthracite …

Emmaus Coal Company | Anthracite Coal | Emmaus PA

Emmaus Coal Company | Anthracite Coal | Emmaus PA. Quality Anthracite. Emmaus Coal Company provides only the highest quality anthracite coal. Why Use Anthracite Coal: 1. Burns Longer And …

Anthracite Coal Mining Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Opened in 1855, No. 9 Coal Mine, located in Lansford, Pennsylvania is the world's oldest continuously operated anthracite coal mine. Closed in 1972, the mine was re-opened as a heritage tourism attraction in 2002.

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The Anthracite Advantage. Anthracite is one of nature's cleanest-burning solid fossil fuels and carbon sources. A specialty mineral, anthracite is cleaner and harder than other …

Penn Keystone Coal Co

Penn Keystone Coal supplies quality deep and surfaced mined Bituminous coal from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West ia, and eastern Kentucky for the retail, industrial, metallurgic, and utility markets in the …

Pennsylvania Anthracite Re-emerges on the …

Though the hard anthracite veins often average between 60- to 80-ft thick—sometimes swelling to 100-ft thick—19th and early 20th century underground …

2020 Coal and Industrial Minerals

An Official Pennsylvania Government Website. Translate. DEP. Department of Environmental Protection. About DEP. About DEP; Accessibility & Discrimination; Office of the Secretary; ... Anthracite Coal Refuse Production - Listed by County (Excel) Anthracite Mining Activities 1870 to 2020 - Historical Summary (PDF)

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The publication Coal in Pennsylvania (PDF) includes information about the geologic history of coal in the commonwealth, where it occurs, and how it is mined and used. In Pennsylvania, operators mine coal at the surface and underground. The Pennsylvania Geological Survey has a page-size map (PDF) of the state's coalfields. Some of the …

How a 1897 Massacre of Pennsylvania Coal Miners Morphed …

At that time, many eastern and southern Europeans migrated to northeastern Pennsylvania to work in the anthracite coal mines, which exported large quantities of coal to East Coast cities like ...

2020 Coal and Industrial Minerals

Anthracite Coal Mining Reports – 2020. Anthracite Statewide Production Summary (PDF) Anthracite Statewide Production Summary (Excel) Anthracite Underground Mines - …

Coal In Pennsylvania

This research guide focuses on resources, images, and other resources specific to the anthracite mined area. Index to the coal mining districts of the Pennsylvania (Anthracite) Supports search by county name only, from the 1880s forward. Pennsylvania's Northern Anthracite Coal Field (1870-1970) This 1955 publication summarizes …

I grew up in Pennsylvania coal country. It wasn't pretty and it's …

Coal has long had a storied history in northeastern Pennsylvania.The region grew fast and rich from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries, with anthracite ("hard") coal noted in the area by John Jenkins, Sr. on a map in 1762. An agent of William Penn reported back to London in 1765 that coal was present, noting in an understatement that "this …

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Penn Keystone Coal distributes high quality Anthracite coal from northeastern Pennsylvania. In 2022 we have started shipping Anthracite overseas in the export …

Anthracite coal economy in Pennsylvania unaffected by Trump

Anthracite is instead used in home heating and metallurgy, like steel-making. While the rise of natural gas has continued to gut the thermal coal industry, the market for metallurgical coal is growing steadily — though not to the levels of its heyday. Once, there were nearly 100 million tons of anthracite coal mined every year in …

Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area

Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) Permit: Dates Open: Friday through Monday 9am-5pm: Other ATV Stickers Accepted: Yes ... Coal Township, PA 17866 (570) 495-4453 reservations@trailheadcampground : Contact Info: Nolt Ventures 918 Lititz Pike Lititz, PA 17543

Massive coal breaker, Pennsylvania's last, is coming down

MAHANOY CITY, Pa. (AP) — When coal was king, its castle was the breaker — an imposing fortress that crushed, washed and sized billions of tons of Pennsylvania anthracite for use in factories, foundries and homes up and down the East Coast. Nearly 300 breakers loomed over the coal patch more than a century ago, …

Anthracite Coal Mining Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Coal mining has occurred in Pennsylvania for over a century. The maps to these coal mines are stored at various public and private locations (if they still exist at all) throughout the commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Active and Abandoned Mine Operations (DEP) is involved in many projects …

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Anthracite Mining Region of northeastern Pennsylvania extends over 485 square miles of nine counties. It is divided into four fields. Each field is further subdivided into basins. The coal deposits are Pennsylvanian in age (325 million years). Extensive folding and faulting of the strata made anthracite harder than ...

Anthracite Coal Mining Region of Northeastern …

The 15 minute topographic maps are a medium scale (1:62,500) series of topographic maps for Pennsylvania. Coal mining has occurred in Pennsylvania for over …

Pennsylvania Annual Report of Mines by Year: 1870-1979

Published since the 1870s this report contains production statistics, mine names, locations, owner information, and accident statistics. Prior to the mid-1880s the reports for anthracite and bituminous coal were produced by separate agencies; therefore early reports for bituminous coal are available as part III "Industrial Statistics" of the Annual Report of the …

Coal company in Northumberland County seeing record prices

Moosic, PA » 56° Moosic, PA » ... and European countries, as well as the United States, has seen an upswing in the use of anthracite coal," Molesevich said. But even with higher prices ...

Anthracite Price Per Ton for the 2022-2023 Heating Season | Coal …

Location: Birdsboro PA. Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 350 Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: reading allegheny stoker Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: alaska kodiak stoker 1986. 1987 triburner, 1987 crane diamond ... ↳ Anthracite Coal History in Northeastern Pennsylvania; ↳ Wood, Pellets, Gas, Oil, Geothermal & Other Heating Types ...

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For 85 years, Blaschak Anthracite has remained at the forefront of anthracite mining. Today, the company maintains a leading role in the industry with a strong legacy and a bright future. 1937 – John, Anthony Sr., and Walter Blaschak start Blaschak Trucking, a transporter and marketer of deep-mined coal. 1945 – Blaschak acquires a deep mine ...

Even In 2019, A Faithful Few Still Heat Their Homes With Coal

John Ord of Susquehanna, Pa., loads 40-pound bags of anthracite coal into his car. He's among the fewer than 130,000 s left in the United States that burn coal to heat their homes.

Clay mineral authigenesis in coal and shale from the anthracite …

Textural, chemical, and mineralogical analyses of authigenic clays in anthracite-rank coal and associated shale from eastern Pennsylvania have allowed a better understanding of the parameters controlling diagenesis and …

Pennsylvania Anthracite Re-emerges on the International Coal …

Though the hard anthracite veins often average between 60- to 80-ft thick—sometimes swelling to 100-ft thick—19th and early 20th century underground miners frequently only recovered 45%-50% of the coal in the areas they accessed. Geologic stresses also kept miners from going still deeper into the lower coal seams.

EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE …

The Pennsylvania anthracite coalfields, along with the Georges Creek coalfield in Western Maryland, are really where the American coal company patch town originated. Eckley, Pennsylvania is an intact coal company …

The Coal Strike of 1902: Turning Point in U.S. Policy

Anthracite coal at the turn of the century was an unusual business. Unlike soft coal, anthracite was a natural monopoly heavily concentrated in a few hundred square miles in five counties in Pennsylvania. Anthracite coal, because it burned cleaner than soft coal, had become the main heating fuel in many Eastern cities.

A Coalcracker in the Kitchen: NorthcentralPa's favorite food

"Born and raised 'a coal miner's daughter' in the Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania, I love to share recipes and memories of home with fellow 'coalcrackers and those who enjoy easy-to-make, budget-friendly foods that celebrate our unique blending of Eastern European and Pa. Dutch heritage and cuisines here in northeast Pennsylvania."

2021 Coal and Industrial Minerals

Anthracite Coal Refuse Production - Listed by County (PDF) Anthracite Coal Refuse Production - Listed by County (Excel) Anthracite Mining Activities 1870 to 2021 - Historical Summary (PDF) Anthracite Mining Activities 1870 to 2021 - Historical Summary (Excel) Anthracite Operators Address Information (PDF) Anthracite Operators Address ...

25 Pa. Code Chapter 88. Anthracite Coal

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 86.81 (relating to program services); 25 Pa. Code § 86.261 (relating to program services); and 25 Pa. Code § 88.21 (relating to responsibilities). (1) The location of the mine pool or subsurface water. (2) The stratigraphy and thickness of the coal and overburden.

3D Mine Pool Mapping

ANTHRACITE MINE POOL MAPPING FOR THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN COALFIELDS (2014) This report summarizes the means and methods used to map the mine pools in the Northern and Southern Anthracite Coal Fields. Background: Since coal was first discovered in the Anthracite Region over 250 years ago, approximately 18 billion …

Reading Anthracite Company | Coal Mining, Energy, Carbon

Supplying Domestic and International Markets for over 150 Years, the Reading Anthracite Company is a Leader in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Coal Industry. 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 ...

SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE NORTHERN …

SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE NORTHERN ANTHRACITE COAL BASIN, PENNSYLVANIA By N. H. DARTON ABSTRACT The Northern Anthracite coal basin is a trough or syncline extending approximately northeastward across northeastern Pennsylvania. The coal area is about 62 miles long and about 5 miles wide. In the …

Legacy: abandoned mine impacts in Pennsylvania's …

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 …

Coal explained

Anthracite contains 86%–97% carbon and generally has the highest heating value of all ranks of coal. Anthracite accounted for less than 1% of the coal mined in the United States in 2021. All of the anthracite mines in the United States are in northeastern Pennsylvania. In the United States, anthracite is mainly used by the metals industry.

In Pennsylvania, a town, and a family, made and unmade by coal

Made, and unmade, by coal. Wind turbines spin in the distance near Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, where anthracite has been the lifeblood of the town. In Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, a family wrestles ...

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Penn Keystone Coal has bagged Anthracite coal available in clean, convenient 50 pound tear resistant poly bags. 50 bags per pallet (1 1/4 ton), 18 pallets per truckload (900 bags), 22.5 tons. ... Our bagging plant is in eastern Pennsylvania a few miles off of Interstate 81 in the heart of the Anthracite fields. Please call or email for pricing ...