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In the Coal Region of Pennsylvania and Beyond
A long portrait of eastern central Pennsylvania’s coal region describes the rugged terrain, immigrant mining villages, company towns, and the environmental toll of hard coal. It notes wages from 18 to 100 dollars monthly, for miners and families, and details the decline of bicycle exports while mentioning Shaker populations dropping from eight thousand in 1870 to about one thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Parks
United States Geological Survey
Nsylvania
Treasury Department