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  2. Mahoning Coal Railroad - Wikipedia

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    As the Youngstown-Andover line was being built, the MCR constructed a 2.85-mile (4.59 km) long branch from Tyrrell, Ohio, to the coal mines in the southeast part of Vienna Township, Ohio (known as the "No. 9 Coal Bank Branch"), [6] and a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) spur across the north side of Hubbard, Ohio to the blast furnaces of the Andrews & Hitchcock Iron Company.

  3. Pittsburgh coal seam - Wikipedia

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    The coal was plentiful and laborers, working in mines within a mile of Pittsburgh, earned about $1.60 per week and could produce as many as 100 bushels of coal daily. [ 22 ] The Pittsburgh seam was America's principal seam of coal production during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. [ 23 ]

  4. Connellsville Coalfield - Wikipedia

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    The heyday of the Connellsville Coalfield was from the 1880s to the 1920s. At least 60 coal towns, known as "coal patches", were constructed in the field. H.C. Frick Coal and Coke - a subsidiary of U.S. Steel after 1903 - was the major player. Other notable industrialists included Josiah Van Kirk Thompson, W. J. Rainey, and Philip Cochran.

  5. List of coal mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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    San Juan Mine 1: San Juan Coal Underground New Mexico: 5,327,442 No 7 Mine: Warrior Met Coal Mining Underground Alabama: 4,864,828 El Segundo El Segundo Coal Surface New Mexico 4,855,010 West Elk Mine: Arch Coal [4] Underground Colorado: 4,821,281 Harvey Mine: CONSOL Energy Underground Pennsylvania

  6. Category:Coal mining in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Coal mining in Pennsylvania" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  7. Allegheny Group - Wikipedia

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    The Allegheny Group, often termed the Allegheny Formation, [2] is a Pennsylvanian-age geological unit in the Appalachian Plateau.It is a major coal-bearing unit in the eastern United States, extending through western and central Pennsylvania, western Maryland and West Virginia, and southeastern Ohio.

  8. At a sinkhole above an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine ...

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    The scope of the effort was scaled down after authorities concluded 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard is not likely to have survived what could have been a 30-foot (9-meter) drop into a damp, dark hole where coal mining ended seven decades ago. After overnight snowfall left a thin coating on the ground, work crews were maneuvering a bulldozer and ...

  9. Cumberland Mine Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a private carrier mine railroad serving the Cumberland Coal Resources mine near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Operations on the mine and associated railroad began in November 1976. The line was originally developed by United States Steel as a source of steam coal for export to Canada. Subsequently, the mine and ...