Past and Present Coal Mines in/Around the Upper Wyoming Valley?

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Post by PelletstoCoal » Fri. Jan. 02, 2009 11:26 am

A friend asked if I had a list of all past and present coal mines in/around the upper Wyoming Valley (Pittston and north). She is most interested in the past when coal was king. I told her I knew just where to post such a question. Don't let me down guys.

Frank

 
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Post by Richard S. » Fri. Jan. 02, 2009 11:40 am

I don't know if there is a "list" available anywhere as there were hundreds if not thousands of them. The breakers alone at the turn of the century numbered in the hundreds.

Nottingham Breaker Under Construction 1904? Plymouth, Pa. Not positive on the date and I have to look it up.
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Edit actually I have quite a large collection of scans from 8X10's of breakers.

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Huber, Ashley

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Post by Ashcat » Fri. Jan. 02, 2009 3:27 pm

Frank--
Try this link, and click on Go to Contents Page link:
http://www.nehgis.org/

A wealth of information including production stats, pictures, etc.
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Post by PelletstoCoal » Fri. Jan. 02, 2009 11:18 pm

Ashcat, that site is exactly what I was looking for, names, pictures, dates and tonnage, nice find.
thanks, frank

 
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Post by Ashcat » Sat. Jan. 03, 2009 12:10 am

Glad you found it helpful.

 
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Post by Richard S. » Sat. Jan. 03, 2009 7:15 pm

You might want to check out http://undergroundminers.com if you have not already. Chris Murley who runs that site and "mike" are both members here, I'm surprised they haven't chimed in.

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