Talk:Coal Region

message: I removed Dauphin County from the list of counties in the Coal Region.  Dauphin County, which contains Harrisburg, is not in the Coal Region.  136.142.21.58 21:10, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Dauphin County?

message: There are many many "coal towns", "coal mansions" and coal mines (all 9 alive) in the Southwestern part of the commonwealth. The reason given as to why Pittsburgh took off as the Steel Capital and not Birmingham or Youngstown or Duluth is because it and not those cities were surrounded by one of the richest veins of coal.  Growing up I was always taught that the "coal region" was from Altoona to Johnstown to Greensburg to Uniontown to Morgantown to Fairmont.  Trust me King Coal is there.  Also Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia might also have a claim ("Coal miners daughter").  Why not a change to Anthracite Region or Hard Coal Region or a disambig page to introduce E. Ky. and SW Pa.
:"Why not a change to Anthracite Region or Hard Coal Region..."  Because no one calls this particular section of Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Region" or "The Hard Coal Region".  It has been known as "The Coal Region" among the residents of Eastern PA, going back to the late 1800s.  The name doesn't imply any kind of exclusivity, that there's no coal under any other parts of PA, or in other states. It's just what people who live here have called it.  Similarly, the area that takes in the upper end of Lehigh County, and parts of Schuylkill and Carbon Counties, is called "The Slate Belt".  It doesn't mean there's no slate anyplace else.  It's just that residents of the region have called it that for generations, because slate is quarried there.  Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 16:45, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Anthracite region or Hard Coal region

message: Pittsburgh is the steel capital of PA for more reasons than just coal. First, it was easy to ship in iron ore from the Great Lakes by way of canals and rivers. Second, bituminous coal is plentiful.  Third, access to the "three rivers" Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers provided a way to transport the finished steel to the Mississipppi and into the growing country i.e. "Mid West".  Remember, America was moving westward at the same time Pittsburgh was becoming a major steel producer. The combination of ore, coal and easy transportation made the Pittsburgh area ideal.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomyork68 (talk • contribs) 15:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Pittsburgh is the steel capital of PA 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The anthracite coal mining region even extends into Susquehanna County ... which is not mentioned here. There are coal mines, as well as a monument to local coal miners in Forest City, northeast of Carbondale over the county line in Susquehanna County. Just as the southwestern most tip of the anthracite region extends down into Dauphin County (Lykens, PA) it extends some 135 miles up to Forest City. 68.80.192.101 (talk) 16:38, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Susquehanna County