LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton. "It was ...

The story of Southern Illinois cannot be told without the coal mining industry, and neither can the story of America. How ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 22—In West Virginia, where the Appalachian storytelling tradition still hangs in the hollows and along the ridgetops like a ...

The Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine in West Virginia shows vistiors how a historical mine operated.

Himlerville, Kentucky circa 1920. Himlerville was the coal camp for the Himler Coal company, a cooperatively owned mining operation in Martin County. Many of Himlerville’s original buildings still ...

Learn how coal played a vital role in shaping the Utah we know today. The coal mining industry has been the backbone of rural parts of Utah for over a century. From extraction to refining, Utahns who ...

This Saturday, Memorial Day Weekend, at the Good Old Days Museum in Soddy Daisy, the emphasis is on local coal mining. The museum is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This is what made this entire area into ...

Coshocton County commissioners honored Sam Bennett, a former coal miner, for his efforts to preserve the region's coal-mining ...

Sam Bennett purchased the items as part of a larger collection from another local collector. COSHOCTON − A source of nostalgia for anyone who visited COSI when it was on Broad Street in Columbus is ...

A long-running strike at the National Coal Mining Museum has concluded after staff accepted an improved pay offer. Unison ...