Talk:Coal Region

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Does anyone have a reference for the population figure? Or is it sum of 2000 census fiogures for the related counties? User:RyanDiS

Deep mining image?
Somehow the "Deep Anthracite Coal Mining ..." image doesn't look much like mining. How long has the youngster been a miner, and what do those clothes look like at the end of the workday? (SEWilco 06:55, 19 August 2005 (UTC))
 * Agreed. Removed the tourist photo. Vsmith 11:15, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Pioneer (Hard coal)Anthracite mine tour in Schuylkill County
It was a picture at the * Pioneer Coal Mine tour in Ashland. It's really a cool deep mine tour into the mountain, where they provide jackets cause of the constant 50 degrees farenheight temp. If you ever get in the coal region. I'm sure you would find it most interesting, how they follow what is called "The mammoth vein" of Anthracite in deep coal mining.

PS: That's my step son he's a good kid,and has Asperger's syndrome. Not sure if you know what it is..... He's really smart, Einstein had the same thing! Not a problem with the deletion of the pic.

Regards, Scotty


 * It sounds interesting. Maybe someone in the tour will take some useful pictures of the mine or equipment.  (SEWilco 14:04, 21 August 2005 (UTC))

Yea well, its pretty hard to do since its all black inside, even with a flash. Scotty


 * Good one Wilco!, Where did you get the picture? Better watch the copyright police might hit ya up....


 * LOL, I tried getting a picture inside believe me, and that is exactly the way it came out.


 * Next time I go again, I will just try again....It is hard since its confined too.


 * Back to listening to "Acoustic sunrise"
 * ...here Sunday morning...w/ coffee.
 * 

Regards, Scotty

Dauphin County?
I removed Dauphin County from the list of counties in the Coal Region. Dauphin County, which contains Harrisburg, is not in the Coal Region. 136.142.21.58 21:10, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Part of the Western Middle Coal Field extends into Dauphin County (Lykens, Big Lick). Dddstone (talk) 13:55, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Anthracite region or Hard Coal region
There are many many "coal towns", "coal mansions" and coal mines (all 9 alive) in the Southwestern part of the commonwealth. The reason given as to why Pittsburgh took off as the Steel Capital and not Birmingham or Youngstown or Duluth is because it and not those cities were surrounded by one of the richest veins of coal. Growing up I was always taught that the "coal region" was from Altoona to Johnstown to Greensburg to Uniontown to Morgantown to Fairmont. Trust me King Coal is there. Also Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia might also have a claim ("Coal miners daughter"). Why not a change to Anthracite Region or Hard Coal Region or a disambig page to introduce E. Ky. and SW Pa.
 * "Why not a change to Anthracite Region or Hard Coal Region..." Because no one calls this particular section of Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Region" or "The Hard Coal Region".  It has been known as "The Coal Region" among the residents of Eastern PA, going back to the late 1800s.  The name doesn't imply any kind of exclusivity, that there's no coal under any other parts of PA, or in other states. It's just what people who live here have called it.  Similarly, the area that takes in the upper end of Lehigh County, and parts of Schuylkill and Carbon Counties, is called "The Slate Belt".  It doesn't mean there's no slate anyplace else.  It's just that residents of the region have called it that for generations, because slate is quarried there.  Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 16:45, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Why Pittsburgh is the steel capital of PA
Pittsburgh is the steel capital of PA for more reasons than just coal. First, it was easy to ship in iron ore from the Great Lakes by way of canals and rivers. Second, bituminous coal is plentiful. Third, access to the "three rivers" Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers provided a way to transport the finished steel to the Mississipppi and into the growing country i.e. "Mid West". Remember, America was moving westward at the same time Pittsburgh was becoming a major steel producer. The combination of ore, coal and easy transportation made the Pittsburgh area ideal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomyork68 (talk • contribs) 15:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

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Susquehanna County
The anthracite coal mining region even extends into Susquehanna County ... which is not mentioned here. There are coal mines, as well as a monument to local coal miners in Forest City, northeast of Carbondale over the county line in Susquehanna County. Just as the southwestern most tip of the anthracite region extends down into Dauphin County (Lykens, PA) it extends some 135 miles up to Forest City. 68.80.192.101 (talk) 16:38, 25 June 2018 (UTC)buddmar