When looking at the history of anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania, it is extremely difficult to find a concise timeline of historical events which shaped its future. This is our way to create this and better visualize the evolution of the region.
- 1775 – First Anthracite Coal Mine
- 1828 – Delaware and Hudson Canal Built
- 1838 – Ashley Planes Built
- 1850 – Pennsylvania Gravity Railroad Built
- 1861 – Mahanoy Plane Built
- 1869 – Avondale Mine Disaster
- 1876-1877 – Molly Maguires Trials and Hangings
- 1896 – Twin Shaft Disaster
- 1897 – Lattimer Massacre
- 1902 – Anthracite Coal Strike
- 1902 – Brooks Mine Opens
- 1911 – Price-Pancoast Mine Disaster
- 1915 – Laurel Run Mine Fire
- 1917 – Peak Production of Anthracite Coal
- 1919 – Baltimore Mine Tunnel Disaster
- 1946 – Carbondale West Side Mine Fire
- 1954 – Conowingo Drainage Tunnel Proposed
- 1959 – Knox Mine Disaster
- 1962 – Centralia Mine Fire
- 1963 – Sheppton Mine Disaster
- 1963 – Pioneer Tunnel Mine Tour Opens
- 1977 – Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster
- 1979 – Butler Mine Tunnel Discharge
- 1982 – Pine Brook Shaft Accident
- 1985 – Lackawanna Mine Tour Opens
- 1995 – Carbondale Russell Park Mine Fire
- 2002 – Undergroundminers.com Launches
- 2002 – No. 9 Mine Tour Opens
- 2004 – Olyphant Mine Fire