By: wilder11354 On: Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:33 pm
The anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania are situated in the eastern part of the State, and extend about equal distances north and south of a line drawn through the middle of the State from east to west, in the counties of Carbon; Columbia, Dauphin, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Sullivan, and Susquehanna, and known under three general divisions, viz.: Wyoming, Lehigh, and Schuylkill regions. Geologically they are divided into five well-defined fields or basins, which are again subdivided, for convenience of identification, into districts, as follows: [p.312]
Geological Fields or Basins. Local -Districts. Tade -Regions.
Northern Carbondale Wyoming
Scranton
Pittston
Wilkes-Barre
Plymouth
Kingston
Western Northern Bernice Wyoming
Eastern Middle Green Mountain Lehigh
Black Creek
Hazleton
Beaver Meadow
Southern Panther Creek Lehigh
Southern East Schuylkill Schuylkill
West Schuylkill
Lorberry
Lykens Valley
Western Middle East Mahanoy Schuylkill
West Mahanoy
Shamokin