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.

SCRANTON – As historic sites and museums celebrated Pennsylvania’s birthday, Justin W. Emershaw, a mining engineer with Hazleton-based Atlantic Carbon Group, provided a current look at one of the ...

LANCASTER COUNTY COMPANY COMPANY. BUSINESS IS HOT AT MACHINE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THE AMISH OWN COMPANY MANUFACTURES AND SELLS ANTHRACITE COAL AND WOODSTOVES PRODUCTS, OFTEN USED IN AMISH HOMES. NOW ...