6th. In accounting for the formation of anthracite, it is not necessary to take into the elements of our theorizing the acthm of a high heat to change bituminous coal into anthracite. Heat is ...

Anthracite was ideal for burning in houses, because it didn’t produce as much smoke as “soft” bituminous coal. No longer simply the provenance of blacksmiths, coal became a hot commodity ...

“We plan to add another plant within 18 months as we focus on becoming a leading anthracite producer in the region,” Guess said. Guess & Co. recently purchased 2,700 acres of bituminous coal ...

He may talk with the members of the Inter-State Commerce Commission to-morrow, and declares his intention of getting after the anthracite coal trust as hard as he has fought the bituminous coal ...

By distilling bituminous coal in retorts to obtain gas for illumination ... These originally formed the bitumen of the coal, which does not exist in anthracite; this latter being a natural ...

Today's Reading & Northern is a robust freight railroad specializing in anthracite coal transport. Despite the decline of ...

It was once called "Black Gold." The country's only anthracite mines are in Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, ...

Coal production in the United States has been in decline for decades, a trend that persisted in 2024 and is expected to ...

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In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, ...

Saying it plans to become a major producer of anthracite, a Missouri company has purchased a Branch Twp. coal company. Guess & Company announced this week that it bought the 14-acre tract from RIE ...