Pennsylvania Mining History Links

    

Anthracite Coal Region

Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company survey crew in year 1911, at property corner #45 near the border of Dauphin and Schuylkill Counties. Photograph provided by David Williams, DEP Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, Pottsville.
Penna. Anthracite Heritage Museum - Scranton, Lackawanna County 
Eckley Miners’ Village Home Page - near Hazleton, Luzerne County
Black Diamonds - Anthracite Mining Heritage
Pioneer Tunnel Mine Tour - Ashland, Schuylkill County
No. 9 Coal Mine Tour & Museum - Lansford, Carbon County
Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour - Scranton, Lackawanna County
Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, Inc.
PaGenWeb Mining Fatality Lists
Old Forge Mining History Organization
 
Bituminous Coal Region
Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western PA
Virtual Museum of Coal Mining References
Coal & Coke Heritage Center - Fayette County
Coalport Area Coal Museum - Clearfield County
Windber Coal Heritage Center - Somerset County
IUP Early Mining History of Indiana County
McIntyre PA - Mining Company Town 1910-1947