Echoes of the Past' is an article series exploring connections between the WVU sports, the state of West Virginia, and ...
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) on Wednesday announced that Eckley Miners’ Village — a landmark patch town preserving the legacy of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite mining industry — ...
For some, Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts evoke images of coal mines, industrial sprawl, and Russian-speaking culture ...
Prohibition was in full force in February 1923 when Deputy Sheriff R.T. Edwards arrested three bootleggers in Sego, Utah, ...
By Amy Felegy for Arts Midwest. Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Ohio News Connection reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public ...
Upper Silesia, a region in southern Poland with long historic ties to the coal industry, is marked by the blood, sweat, and tears of miners. Now, designers are taking this “black gold” and ...
Michael Hett was a miner for about eight years years and wants people to understand the coal mining heritage Over the past six years, the Wrexham Miners Project which looks after the rescue ...
The death toll in a coal mine fire this week in southern Poland rose to three on Saturday, hospital authorities said. The victims were among 16 miners injured at the Knurow-Szczyglowice coal mine ...
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 ...
Methane in Poland’s coal mines has led to occasional fires and deadly explosions ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded the Seattle Art Museum with a grant.
In the coal saga there’s more to mine than the mountain. Despite protestations of due diligence and highest engineering standards, every coal mine in the Eastern Slopes has had spectacular ...
The Elkview coal mine across the border in BC could be a preview of the future for Alberta’s eastern slopes now that the mining ban has been lifted. Photo via Teck Resources. While Premier ...