The burning of anthracite coal requires appliances quite Afferent from those used for the burning of wood, or bitumin-)us coal, but the reasons for these differences, are not well un-lerstood by ...

When Donald Trump came to Scranton as a presidential candidate in 2016, he made a promise that drew a standing ovation from ...

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Schuylkill County lost a devoted historian, coal mining re-enactor and veterans advocate with the recent passing of John ...

Lex Romane is as much a historian as he is a musician. The stories of coal miners, and the crash of the coal mining industry, ...

A pronounced shift toward the GOP has also occurred in northeastern Pennsylvania, home to cities like Scranton and Hazleton that once fueled America’s industrial rise with anthracite coal. “They ...

Bryn Bach Coal wants to remove 85,000 tonnes of anthracite from a proposed 10-hectare extension at its Glan Lash open cast site near Llandybie, although it said just under six hectares would be ...

Record domestic production and imports have created a glut of coal in China that's proving hard to shift because of the weak ...

In his painting, “Pat Stood on Slag,” Bob McCormick portrays his grandfather as a young lad standing in a field of slag near a mining patch in Schuylkill County’s coal fields. Patrick Henry McCormick ...

Twenty-eight mines once operated in the area during this time. When railroads arrived and brought in better bituminous and ...

John F. Gillespie III reflected on his family's long affiliation with the city while touring the Lower Anthracite Model ...

A grandson of the late John F. Gillespie — an acclaimed civic leader who served on Shamokin’s council and donated $18,000 in ...