Once a thriving anthracite coal town, Centralia slowly unraveled after a landfill fire ignited its labyrinth of mining ...

In October 1925, the Pottsville Free Public Library was turned into an art gallery with an exhibit dedicated to life in the mines. Its centerpiece was an almost life-size painting of a miner, “The ...

In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, regional mines still provide jobs. The Department of Environmental ...