Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A geology field trip will take participants into a historic coal mine and a fossil site on Saturday, May 3, according to a ...

A memorial feature is also built to celebrate the area's mining history.

Learn how coal played a vital role in shaping the Utah we know today. The coal mining industry has been the backbone of rural parts of Utah for over a century. From extraction to refining, Utahns who ...

Miners, their wives, child laborers and patch town store operators all had a part in the history of coal in the Derry area. “There were so many mines in this area,” said Donna Showalter, a Derry Area ...

Coal and anthracite are synonymous with Northeast Pennsylvania, but when you think of a coal mine, you probably think of a dark, dingy cavern. But in reality, 9 ...

The Chattanooga Daily Times headline on Tuesday, July 21, 1891, ‘The Coal Creek War the Sole Topic of Discussion Yesterday’, reflected the impact of the regional conflict between coal miners, prison ...

Himlerville, Kentucky circa 1920. Himlerville was the coal camp for the Himler Coal company, a cooperatively owned mining operation in Martin County. Many of Himlerville’s original buildings still ...

Former coal communities face higher death rates from suicide, drugs and alcohol revealing lasting effects of industrial decline.

Each week we will be sharing images and information relating to Wabash Valley History, sponsored by Lynn's Pharmacy. Today, our photo from the Vigo County History Center shows us an interior view of ...

Dozens of people stood stoically around the Willow Grove Mine Memorial as speakers recounted the history of the explosion and ...