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.

POTTSVILLE — Duane Fegley, executive director of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Council, recently addressed members and guests of the Pottsville Rotary Club about PAC and the anthracite coal industry and ...

LANCASTER COUNTY COMPANY COMPANY. BUSINESS IS HOT AT MACHINE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THE AMISH OWN COMPANY MANUFACTURES AND SELLS ANTHRACITE COAL AND WOODSTOVES PRODUCTS, OFTEN USED IN AMISH HOMES. NOW ...