Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region by Richards, John Stuart

Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region

Four distinct anthracite coal fields encompass an area of 1,700 square miles in the northeastern portion of...
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Author: John Stuart Richards
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Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region by Richards, John Stuart

Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region

$313.73

Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region

$313.73
Author: John Stuart Richards
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Four distinct anthracite coal fields encompass an area of 1,700 square miles in the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania. Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region is a journey into a world that was once very familiar.


In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, underground coal mining was at its zenith and the work of miners was more grueling and dangerous than it is today. Faces blackened by coal and helmet lamps lit by fire are no longer parts of the everyday lives of miners in the region. These vintage photographs of collieries, breakers, miners, drivers, and breaker boys illuminate the dark of the anthracite mines. The pictures of miners, roof falls, mules, and equipment deep underground tell the story of the hard lives lived around the hard coal. Above ground, breaker boys toiled in unbearable conditions inside the noisy, vibrating, soot-filled monsters known as coal breakers.



Author: John Stuart Richards
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 02/13/2002
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780738509785

About the Author
Richards, John Stuart: - John Stuart Richards is descended from a family of coal miners and has spent many years researching early coal mining and the lives and times of the people in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. He has presented numerous talks on early coal mining and life in the small Anthracite villages known as patch towns. An active member of the Schuylkill County Historical Society, he has worked with both the History Channel and the Discovery Channel. Richards has assembled these photographs into a fascinating historical look at early coal mining.

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