some facts here http://www.pavisnet.com/pafact/
The Keystone State!!
- Poconoeagle
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Welcome to the Pennsylvania State forum for information about the middle state of the 13 colonies which helped keep it all together like a "keystone" in a foundation!
- Richard S.
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Keystone is certainly an apt name, here's a few tibbits for you:
The first commercial oil well in the world was drilled in Titusville, PA in 1859.
The first commercial oil well in the world was drilled in Titusville, PA in 1859.
PA coal has long been source of energy:
http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/pennsylvani ... vania.html
The most important oil well ever drilled was in the middle of quiet farm country in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1859. For this was one of the first successful oil wells that was drilled for the sole purpose of finding oil. Known as the Drake Well, after "Colonel" Edwin Drake, the man responsible for the well, it began an international search for petroleum, and in many ways eventually changed the way we live.
As of now it is still one of the top producers of coal and with the extraction of natural gas from the Marcellus shale is poised to be a top producer of Natural gas.http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ftproot/coal/0576.pdf
Pennsylvania has long been a major source of coal,
leading the Nation in coal production until the early
1950's and ranking among the top coal producers since World War II.
Cumulative production is more than 15 billion short
tons, an amount far exceeding that from any other State.
In 1992, coal was Pennsylvania's most valuable mineral
resource, the value of production representing an
estimated 60 percent of the total value of all mineral
commodities produced.
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The development of canals, railroads, and river transportation
opened up markets for both bituminous coal
and anthracite. In 1918, output was a record 277 million
short tons, a level unequalled by any other State.
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First Year of Documented Coal Production
Anthracite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1820 (458 short tons).
Bituminous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1840 (465,000 short tons)
Peak Year of Coal Production
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1918 (277,377,000 short tons).
Anthracite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 (99,612,000 short tons).
Bituminous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1918 (178,551,000 short tons)
http://geology.com/articles/marcellus-shale.shtml
Recent Surprise Estimates
In early 2008, Terry Englander, a geoscience professor at Pennsylvania State University, and Gary Lash, a geology professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia, surprised everyone with estimates that the Marcellus might contain more than 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Using some of the same horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing methods that had previously been applied in the Barnett Shale of Texas, perhaps 10% of that gas (50 trillion cubic feet) might be recoverable. That volume of natural gas would be enough to supply the entire United States for about two years and have a wellhead value of about one trillion dollars! [5]
- coal berner
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Richard I feel left out I want my name color changed to camo so I can control everything I want all the colors
Congrats to eagle I know he will do a good Job but if you need help with controlling this big State I got your back
Congrats to eagle I know he will do a good Job but if you need help with controlling this big State I got your back
- Poconoeagle
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- Richard S.
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Well I can't help you with the camo but can with the blue.coal berner wrote:Richard I feel left out I want my name color changed to camo so I can control everything I want all the colors
- coal berner
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Ok I will take the blue but see if you can work on the camo for meRichard S. wrote:Well I can't help you with the camo but can with the blue.coal berner wrote:Richard I feel left out I want my name color changed to camo so I can control everything I want all the colors
- Poconoeagle
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- Poconoeagle
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I have. it is weak for sure but as a reference it is a steping stone...
- coal berner
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A few links on things to see & do in PA . Info on some Amthracite mining history in PA as well as outside of PA
I will Add more later Like coal breakers and so on .
http://www.yuengling.com/
http://www.undergroundminers.com/index.html
http://forums.abandonedmines.net/index.php
http://no9mine.tripod.com/
http://www.pioneertunnel.com/
http://www.anthracitemuseum.org/
http://www.eckleyminers.org/about.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite_Coal_Strike
http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/AGSMM/agsmmproduced.html
http://www.anthracitecoal.com/
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/classification- ... d_164.html
http://www.msha.gov/
http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/dep/site/default.asp
I will Add more later Like coal breakers and so on .
http://www.yuengling.com/
http://www.undergroundminers.com/index.html
http://forums.abandonedmines.net/index.php
http://no9mine.tripod.com/
http://www.pioneertunnel.com/
http://www.anthracitemuseum.org/
http://www.eckleyminers.org/about.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite_Coal_Strike
http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/AGSMM/agsmmproduced.html
http://www.anthracitecoal.com/
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/classification- ... d_164.html
http://www.msha.gov/
http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/dep/site/default.asp
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- dtzackus
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Aren't we forgeting the best part of the fall / winter here in good ole NE PA, the fact that every fire company normally hosts a block shoots. Good times are normally had by all. Dan
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i have heard of turkey shoots,but never a block shoot. what is that?dtzackus wrote:Aren't we forgeting the best part of the fall / winter here in good ole NE PA, the fact that every fire company normally hosts a block shoots. Good times are normally had by all. Dan
- Rick 386
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I think in our are they call them "board shoots" or "flying board shoots." They sell you the shotgun shells then they throw a square hunk of wood something like 3" x 3" and you shoot it. They then count how many pellets strike the board or in a given area of that board.
Never been to one but the neighbor once showed me his board full of holes that won him a turkey.
Rick
Never been to one but the neighbor once showed me his board full of holes that won him a turkey.
Rick