Qhov tsaws pob zeb pib hauv Pennsylvania hauv nruab nrab-1700's, tau raug hluav taws xob los ntawm kev lag luam Colonial hlau. Bituminous (mos) yog thawj mined hauv Pennsylvania txog 1760 ntawm "Coal Hill" (tam sim no hnub Mount Washington), hla lub Monongahela River ntawm lub nroog Pittsburgh. Cov dej tau muab rho tawm ntawm cov hla tawm tuaj thiab thauj los ntawm lub nkoj los ntawm cov tub rog nyob ze ntawm Fort Pitt . Los ntawm 1830, lub nroog ntawm Pittsburgh (dubbed lub "Haus luam yeeb nroog" rau nws cov hnyav siv hluav taws xob), consumed ntau tshaj 400 tons ntawm bituminous thee ib hnub.
Keeb Kwm ntawm Thee Mining
Pittsburgh Coal Seam, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov hluav taws kub ntawm lub Nroog Connellsville, tau qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv lub teb chaws ua coke, cov thawj xibfwb roj rau hlau qhov cub tawg. Thawj zaug siv coke rau hauv lub cub tawg tau tshwm sim hauv Fayette County, Pennsylvania, nyob rau xyoo 1817. Thaum lub nruab nrab ntawm xyoo 1830 tus me nyuam yuav tau txais lub ncuav caj dab, lub npe hu ua lawv lub dome, ntxiv mus rau kev siv Pittsburgh-seam coal hauv cov hlau taws.
Thaum lub sij hawm dhau ib nrab ntawm lub xyoo pua puas thib kaum, qhov kev thov rau hlau nce heev, tsim los ntawm txoj kev loj hlob ntawm txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau. Cov nab npawb ntawm beehive hauv Pittsburgh lub voj voog nruab nrab ntawm 1870 thiab 1905 coj los ntawm kwv yees li 200 qhov cub kom txog 31,000 rau cov lus xav tau ntawm cov hlau thiab steel kev lag luam; lawv siv peaked nyob rau hauv 1910 ntawm luag 48,000. Kev tsim ntawm cov pob zeb mines raws Pittsburgh cov kab sib dhos nce ntxiv ntawm 4.3 lab tons ntawm thee nyob rau hauv 1880 mus rau lub ncov ntawm 40 lab tons nyob rau hauv 1916.
Tshaj li ntawm 10 billion tons ntawm bituminous thee tau mined nyob rau hauv 21 lub xeev Pennsylvania (feem ntau cov western thaj chaw) thaum lub sij hawm dhau los ntawm 200+ xyoo tsuas. Qhov no yog kwv yees li ntawm plaub feem pua ntawm txhua lub tshav pob puas tau tawm hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Lub nroog Pennsylvania uas muaj cov mines, muaj npe nyob hauv Greenpe, Somerset, Armstrong, Indiana, Clearfield, Washington, Cambria, Jefferson, Westmoreland, Clarion, Elk, Fayette, Lom ze, Butler, Lawrence, Centre, Beaver, Blair, Allegheny , Venango, thiab Mercer.
Pennsylvania yog tam sim no ib qho ntawm cov tuam txhab loj tshaj plaws uas tau tsim tawm hauv Tebchaws Meskas.
Coal Mining Cov xwm txheej hauv Western Pennsylvania
Ib qho phem tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws United States tau tshwm sim hauv Darr Mine hauv Westmoreland Lub Zos nyob rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 19, 1907, thaum cov pa tawg thiab hmoov av tawg tau tuag 239 miners. Lwm yam kev puas tsuaj nyob rau hauv thaj av Pennsylvania xws li Harwick Mine tawg ntawm 1904 uas tau thov lub neej ntawm 179 miners ntxiv ob rescuers thiab Marianna Mine Kev Puas Tsuaj ntawm 1908 uas tau tua 129 cov dej miners. Cov ntaub ntawv ntawm no thiab lwm Pennsylvania coal mine qeeg tuaj yeem pom nyob rau hauv Pennsylvania coal lub tsheb sib tsoo cov ntawv sau npe, nyob rau hauv Pennsylvania State Archives, muab cov xwm txheej raug rau xyoo 1899-1972. Tsis ntev tas los no, lub Quecreek Mine hauv Somerset County, Pennsylvania, tau ntes cov neeg thoob ntiaj teb li cuaj zeb tsaws hauv av rau peb hnub tau cawm lawv dim.
Western Pennsylvania thee Mine Tours
Seldom Pom Mine : Qhov no ua ib zaug ua haujlwm historic coal kuv tam sim no ua haujlwm raws li ib tug neeg ncig teb chaws kuv, nrog underground tours khiav los ntawm miners uas ib zaug ua hauj lwm hauv kuv li. Tus Nthuav Pom Tus Mine nyob rau hauv Cambria Lub Zos, Pennsylvania, yog ib feem ntawm txoj kev vam meej ntawm cov cuab yeej cuab tam kev ncig xyuas tebchaws.
Kev Ncig Saib-Ed Coal Mine & Tsev khaws puav pheej: Coj kev mus ncig xyuas txog qhov Tarentum mine uas muaj kev paub txog cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob rau ntawm ntau hom kev kho mining los muab cov neeg tuaj xyuas kev paub txog nws yog dab tsi thiab zoo li ua haujlwm hauv ib qhov dej taws.
Windber Coal Heritage Center: Tshawb nrhiav tus qauv ntawm Mining Community thiab nrhiav tau Pennsylvania tus "Dub Kub" cuam tshuam lub neej ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv. Lub Chaw Tsim Tshuaj Cuab Yeej Cua Sov yog qhov kev sib txuas lus hauv cov tebchaws Asmeskas sab hnub tuaj sib koom ua ke qhia txog zaj dab neeg ntawm txhua lub neej thiab cov tsev neeg.