Pittsburgh Coalfield

The Pittsburgh Coalfield or Pittsburgh coal region is the largest of the Western Pennsylvania coalfields. It includes all or part of Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties. Coal was mined in Pittsburgh in the 18th and 19th centuries. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel owned Karen, Maple Creek, and Ellsworth mines. It is not possible to define sharp geographical boundaries for this district for none such exist or are reported differently.cite book | last = J. Peter Lesley | title = Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for 1885-1887 | publisher = Board of Commissioners for the Geological survey | date = 1887 | location = Original from the University of Michigan | pages = | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ROgbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA113&dq=monroeville+coal+mine&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA9,M1 | doi = | id = ] The largest company in this field was the Pittsburgh Coal Company which later became CONSOL Energy. cite web | title = PITTSBURGH FIELD | work = | publisher = COALFIELDS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS | date = | url = http://www.coalcampusa.com/westpa/pittsburgh/pittsburgh.htm | format = Web | doi = | accessdate = 2007-11-18 ] It is bordered on the west by the state of West Virginia, on the south by Panhandle Coalfield and Klondike Coalfield, on the East by Irwin Gas Field, on the North by the Freeport Coalfield and at least one other coalfield.

ee also

*Coalfield
*Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

References

External links

* [http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.com/allindex1.html Allegheny County Pennsylvania Coal Mine Index]
* [http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.com/wasindex1.html Washington County Pennsylvania Coal Mine Index]
* [http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.com/index1.html Westmoreland County Pennsylvania Coal Mine Index]
* [http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.com/fayindex1.html Fayette County Pennsylvania Coal Mine Index]