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The Mother Church of Catholic Churches in the Coal Region

admin 04/23/2018
Today’s Church of St, Patrick in Pottsville, Pa. was the first Catholic church in the lower anthracite coal region; the first between “John Potts and…
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The Coal Region – Railroad Connection

admin 04/23/2018
By 1825, the Schuylkill Navigation Company had completed the Schuylkill Canal, which allowed for the transport of anthracite from Pottsville to Philadelphia in barges capable…
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The Mahanoy Plane Engineering Feat

admin 04/03/2018
The Mahanoy Plane is an engineering feat that moved hundreds of millions of tons of anthracite coal up Broad Mountain, just north of Frackville, PA. …
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Coal Country Holiday Obsession

admin 12/24/2017
Boilo — making it AND drinking it — is a local obsession here in the Coal Region around the holidays. Boilo is an alcoholic beverage…
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Inside Anthracite Mining

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The Coal Region of Memes

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A Coal Cracker Remembers

admin 01/30/2017
John J. Stoffey, Coaldale, PA, was 95 when he died in early January 2017.  He wrote what he called “Memories of a Coal Cracker” in…
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Sweet Home Schuylkill County

admin 01/30/2017
If you’re “from here”, you will connect immediately! (Note: Contains some adult language that may be objectionable to some viewers.)
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Workin’ In a Coal Mine

admin 01/28/2017
Dirty Job’s Mike Rowe goes deep inside an Anthracite mine just outside Pottsville in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania where he gets down and dirty during a…
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Black Lung Returns to Coal Country

admin 01/27/2017
The deadly coal miners’ disease is surging back despite rules created to control the disease. What is Black Lung? An “Epidemic” Among Miners Advanced Black…
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