With January marked as Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, a range of programs has been scheduled throughout northeastern Pennsylvania, including in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Hazle Twp., Ashley, Plymouth, ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — The work of C. Edgar Patience can be found all over the Anthracite Heritage Museum in Scranton as well as on display in museums and collections around the country. "We have called him ...

The seminal event of Anthracite Heritage Month, otherwise known as January – the Knox Disaster Commemoration – is next Sunday morning, Jan. 21, at the Knox Disaster Monument in front of Baloga Funeral ...

The tour of the Brooks Mine in Scranton, in conjunction with Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 1, to coincide with the public program being presented by the ...

LANSFORD, Pennsylvania — Much of Pennsylvania's natural beauty comes from its breathtaking views, from the top of a gorge, out the window of a car or peering out the window of a historic train. The ...

When it went into operation in March 1931, the St. Nicholas breaker outside Mahanoy City was one of the largest processors of anthracite coal in the world. State-of-the-art technology, it was capable ...

In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, regional mines still provide jobs. The Department of Environmental ...

The work of coal sculptor C. Edgar Patience is on display at the Anthracite Heritage Museum. The era of anthracite mining in Pennsylvania saw many new developments both within the industry itself as ...

A bulldozer pushes mine cars toward the river in an attempt to dam the breach at the Knox Mine. (LUKASIK STUDIO ARCHIVES) Deacon Francis Bradigan anoints the Knox Mine Disaster memorial during a past ...

LANSFORD — In “Sixteen Tons,” Tennessee Ernie Ford sings of a coal miner made of muscle and blood who’s capable of loading 16 tons of No. 9 coal, bless his soul. At the historic No. 9 Mine, about 10 ...