Upper Silesia, a region in southern Poland with long historic ties to the coal industry, is marked by the blood, sweat, and ...

Grove City Historical Society is partnering with Lackawanna County to offer an immersive 360-degree mine tour for future ...

Michael Hett, a trustee of the project, said the centre aims to bring mining history alive. One feature includes a "hot and ...

The West Virginia Mine Wars are an important but little known piece of American history. Coal miners in southern West Virginia had been trying to organize a union, while coal companies tried to stop ...

India and the U.S. are plugging a hole in the market for steel-making coal caused by declining demand in China which has in turn opened opportunities for investors.

The Bradford County Historical Society and the LeRoy Heritage Museum recently partnered with author and historian, Malin D.

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.