Pennsylvania has a long history of anthracite coal mining ... address to see if you live above an abandoned mine. Looking to ...

for the purchase of coal in a four-year contract for $85.6 million from Foresight’s Hillsboro mine, more commonly known as Deer Run. The contract would set the price of coal at $40 per ton ...

The coal mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company were some of the largest employers of convict laborers. Coal mines were dangerous for all workers. Collapsing mines, suffocation ...

Penn State University’s website has an interactive map that shows ... history when comes to mining, especially since Wilkes-Barre was the first city where anthracite coal was used.

Evidence has shown that at least migratory cultures occupied what is now Colorado as far back as 13,000 B.C. It wasn’t until ...

In the Mine Wars that erupted in southern West Virginia over the first two decades of the 20th century, coal miners and coal companies in West Virginia clashed in a series of brutal conflicts over ...

HILLSBORO, Oregon — The battle between open farmland and development took center stage in Hillsboro Thursday night. Gov. Tina Kotek wants to use her executive authority to help grow Oregon's ...

Iowa, a national leader in reclaiming abandoned coal mines, is launching its largest project yet in the Pella Wildlife Area ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 71% chance of precipitation. Winds from ESE to SE at 12 to 13 mph (19.3 to 20.9 kph). The overnight low will be 45 °F (7.2 °C). Cloudy with a high of 51 °F (10. ...

After years of steady decline, the price of a key type of coal used to make steel doubled in 2016, largely due to a spike in demand from China. This led some mines to hire more workers and ...

Europe is moving much faster than expected: several countries have already closed all their coal mines; Belgium, Austria and Sweden have shut down all coal-fired power plants while others are in ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds E at 8 mph (12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 68 °F (20 °C). Cloudy with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C) and a 61% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 8 to 16 mph (12 ...