Digging Dusky Diamonds: A History of the Pennsylvania Coal Region

When the Mines Closed: Stories of Struggles in Hard Times
By Thomas Dublin
... we couldn't get the cars . We were making good money , then . But one day , a day and a half before they shut down they says to us , " Put all your tools down on the shoe spout and don't bring any more in . We're gonna close down the ...
Growing Up in Coal Country
By Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Describes what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.