coal history in my area

coal history in my area

PostBy: dave brode On: Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:59 pm

Hello Marylanders,

Here's a page with some history about the "Georges Creek" region. Mining is still going strong here. It good coal, but I wish that this region was anthracite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Creek_Valley

Here are other pages that others might find interesting, as I have;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bituminous_coal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal



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