Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region

By John Stuart Richards

Book Overview

Four distinct anthracite coal fields encompass an area of 1,700 square miles in the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, underground coal mining... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738509787
• ISBN13: 9780738509785
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

coal mining book

Dear to my heart---raised in an anthracite coal mining town. This book is the closest to reality I have read. Good pictures, good explanations. Would be a great gift for anyone interested in this heritage