It has tapped a body of coal, the existence of which was seriously doubted. For some years the opinion has been gaining ground among mining authorities that our deep-lying anthracite beds ...

In North Carolina, a vein of trap cuts through bituminous coal. Now, trap, all admit, was once fluid through high heat, and where it is in contact with the coal it has changed it into anthracite.

Centralia, Pennsylvania, is a name that evokes intrigue, mystery, and a sense of eerie desolation. Known as the "real Silent ...

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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 population.

“I’ve seen people in the cinema crying and laughing. When you go underground and see the beams creaking, people gasp in horror.” So says Ben Lamb whose new film, In the Veins, about coal ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 20.--While well diggers were engaged yesterday in sinking a well at Clayton, seven miles west of this city, they struck a rich vein of coal at the depth of 53 feet.

Experts gathered at Catlin House Museum in Scranton for a panel discussion on the art behind anthracite on Sunday.

In October 1925, the Pottsville Free Public Library was turned into an art gallery with an exhibit dedicated to life in the ...

Jan. 19 — An Afternoon of Anthracite Region Music; Performers: Don Shappelle and the Pickups, Coal Mining Songs; Doug Smith, Jimmy Waitlich, Tom Hamilton, and R. J. Kennedy Band, Contemporary ...