Environmentalists, Miners Square Off In Western Pa. Coal Country. August 1, 2017 / 10:19 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh ... Consol operates the largest coal mining complex in North America.

Mining was always a close second with agriculture because western Pennsylvania was bituminous industry and northeastern Pennsylvania's anthracite industry." "The two big monikers that our mine shares ...

BOSWELL, Pa. (AP) - Officials say a new coal mine in western Pennsylvania will be bringing 70 jobs or more to the area later this year. Corsa Coal Corp. CEO George Dethlefsen says a ribbon-cutting ...

Coal has never been a dirty word in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. But even veteran miners can't remember holding a ribbon-cutting and a lavish grand opening for what amounts to a hole in the ground.

When Mary Jo and Mike Picklo bought their house in 2003, they expected to retire in it — until a coal mine opened across the street. They don't want it there, but they are nearly alone in their ...

My family is from western PA and West Virginia, where they worked in the coal fields of those areas. ... 1946 of coal miners near Red Lion, PA in a shaft cage before descending into the Earth.

Miners like 41-year-old Brian Schaum lost their jobs at emerald mine as U.S. coal production was falling to its lowest level in 35 years. He grew up in Greene County — a coal miner like his ...

MARGUERITE, Pa. - A grandmother looking for her lost cat apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned western Pennsylvania coal mine and rescuers worked late into ...