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History of Coal M ining in Pennsylvania

History of Coal M ining in Pennsylvania. Anna Kovacsics. Started Out.

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History of Coal M ining in Pennsylvania

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  1. History of Coal Mining in Pennsylvania Anna Kovacsics

  2. Started Out • Fueled by the Industrial Revolution, coal mining began in Pennsylvania in the mid-1700's.  The initial reason was to support the Colonial Iron Industry and then Andrew Carnegie's steel mills in the 1800's and then the electric power plants which are currently used.

  3. Types PA Mines • In 1995, Pennsylvania was the fourth largest coal producing state in the United States.  Pennsylvania produces two kinds of coal, anthracite (hard coal) and bituminous (soft coal).

  4. Places • Bituminous coal was first mined in Pennsylvania at "Coal Hill" (Mount Washington), just across the Monongahela River from the city of Pittsburgh. The coal was extracted from drift mines in the Pittsburgh coal seam, which outcrops along the hillside, and transported by canoe to the nearby military garrison. • By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh consumed more than 400 tons per day of bituminous coal for domestic and light industrial use.

  5. Where it’s Used • Development of the anthracite coalfields in eastern Pennsylvania had progressed to the point where "hard coal" had captured the eastern markets. Consequently, bituminous coal production in western Pennsylvania grew principally with western population growth, expansion and development of rail and river transportation facilities to the west, and the emergence of the steel industry. • Towards the last half of the nineteenth century, the demand for steel generated by the explosive growth of the railroad industry and ship building concerns, began to further impact bituminous coal production in western Pennsylvania (Puglio, 1983). 

  6. Amount • Over 10 billion tons of bituminous coal have been mined in 21 Pennsylvania counties during the past 200 years of mining.  This is about one fourth of all coal ever mined in the United States. 

  7. Most Common Accident • Centralia is a borough and ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population has dwindled from over 1,000 residents in 1981 to 12 in 2005 and 9 in 2007, as a result of a mine fire burning beneath the borough since 1962. Centralia is now the least-populous municipality in Pennsylvania, with four fewer residents than the borough of S.N.P.J..

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