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

Discover Pennsylvania’s mining heritage on this underground train ride through a historic coal mine deep beneath the surface.

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 ...

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 ...

Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.

Peeking over downtown Macon is a unique, concrete structure around 90 feet tall. It has stood for more than a century, surviving the age of steam, serving as a reminder of Macon's industrial past and ...

Astrobiologists propose that alien civilizations need accessible coal deposits to industrialize exoplanets and become detectable from Earth.

It’s The Mollies Festival on WVIA-TV Channel 44 this week, featuring local programming about our coal-mining region. Programs, according to a news release, include: “The Great Experiment,” tonight at ...

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