The bucket is all that remains of Big Muskie, once the largest single-bucket digging machine ever created. It tells a ...

A geology field trip will take participants into a historic coal mine and a fossil site on Saturday, May 3, according to a community announcement. Led by geologist Jeri Jones, the trip, “Exploring ...

The Minersville Area Historical Society will kick off its America250 Speaker Series with a program exploring the coal ...

Jan. 5, 2006— -- Out of one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the world have come generations of powerful stories, almost all hinging on life and death and the suspense of waiting. "You ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton. "It was ...

Learn how coal played a vital role in shaping the Utah we know today. The coal mining industry has been the backbone of rural parts of Utah for over a century. From extraction to refining, Utahns who ...

The Chattanooga Daily Times headline on Tuesday, July 21, 1891, ‘The Coal Creek War the Sole Topic of Discussion Yesterday’, reflected the impact of the regional conflict between coal miners, prison ...

After nearly 250 years, hard coal mining in the Czech Republic has ended. The final shift surfaced from the ČSM mine Sunday ...

A retired Wigan borough coal miner who survived a near-deadly pit accident is now helping keep the industry's history alive at the age of 94.