User talk:Pxrisso

Pitman PA
Hi, I have driven through Pitman and been there. It has NO post office. It has been closed. It was a former coal town. Please dont undo work with travel brochure descriptors.Coal town guy (talk) 01:50, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Coal Guy, I live in Pitman. It does have a Post Office that is still open. It is not a coal town. There is no coal located in the Mahantongo Valley. I am sorry but you're information is incorrect and should therefore be corrected. I am new to Wikipedia however and would be glad for any pointers on how to add accurate information correctly. Thanks, (Pxrisso (talk) 01:59, 22 October 2012 (UTC))

WHERE in Pitman, do you live where you can say NO coal was there. I MUST be mistaken, I will look again. Coal town guy (talk) 02:12, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

I know it is odd as there is coal to the north in Shamokin, coal to the west in Lavelle and Ashland and coal to the south near Hegins and Tremont, but there is no coal here. A few years ago the state filled in some large pits that were dug atop the Line Mountain near Pitman that I was told were exploratory holes for coal, but other than that there were zero mining operations in this valley. Pitman did provide (and still does) a lot of the produce for the area coal towns - I mentioned this in an old article I wrote for the Mahantongo Valley as described in Klingerstown Bicentennial History. Thanks. (Pxrisso (talk) 02:17, 22 October 2012 (UTC))
 * That must be where I made the error. It does sit on the very edge of one of the larger seams of Anthracite in the entire state.Coal town guy (talk) 02:23, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * WOW, thats very cool, now for the bonus question, WHERE the hell was I driving when I thought I was in Pitman???? EEEKCoal town guy (talk) 02:29, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * PLEASE accept my apologies, I have corrected the article with your data. I was wrong. I must have NOT been thinking.Coal town guy (talk) 02:35, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

-Schulykill County Question
Hey there, I meant to ask, do you happen to know what towns were coal towns in Schulykill?? Its one of the older mining places in PA, and my brief treks there did not get me enough info for certainCoal town guy (talk) 02:52, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey Coal town guy, I am new to wikis and I learned a lot from our interactions. I am glad there are people out there like you policing against vandals. I am taking grad classes and my current class has us learning in part how wikis operate with soft security ( an active community that watches for vandals) so thank you for a nice introduction to the process.

I am not originally from Schuylkill County but have lived here for ten years in the far northwestern corner. Nearly all of the towns in Schuylkill are coal towns in some way or another. The northwest and southern part of the counties are not coal mining areas. This link may help: http://collection1.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/pageol/id/43538/rec/1

I'll get back to you soon with better info. (Pxrisso (talk) 02:42, 28 October 2012 (UTC))


 * MUCH appreciated and welcome. My slice of heaven is WV and KY, so I am a tad familiar with those areas as I played there and lived there for some years. My arrival at Wikipedia was fun and still is of course. It was tough to start an actual non politicized definition of a coal town and some of its artifacts like coal scrip. As you are aware there are folks who love to post things which are not at all relevant to certain locations. One day someone told me their town boasted a McDonalds, nice to know, but not a town defining institution, per seCoal town guy (talk) 15:18, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * WOW, it appears tyhat map you have provided identifies a majority of these places as colleries and their adjoining communities as "coal towns"....MOST interesting, UNLESS I get this wrong, I think I can start upgrading categories for these placesCoal town guy (talk) 18:14, 1 November 2012 (UTC)