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GLOSSARY OF COMMON ANTHRACITE TERMS

Anthracite
Anthracite is the name of a type of coal that is extremely hard. Anthracite contains nearly pure carbon. Anthracite burns with very little flame and smoke.

Anthracite Region
The Anthracite Region is an area of Pennsylvania known for Anthracite Coal Mining. The Anthracite Region is typically described as an area comprising of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Columbia, Carbon, Schuylkill, Northmuberland and the far NorthEast area of Dauphin counties.

Anthracite Mining
Anthracite Mining refers to the extraction of coal from the 500 square mile region of NorthEast Pennsylvania that contains a particularly hard and pure coal formed by the Appalachian Revolution. This geograhical occournce resulted in Appalachian mountains rising and folding over, creating extra pressure resulting in a harder, purer coal.

Anthracite Miners
Anthracite Miners refers not just to the individual miners of anthracite coal but to a community collective of the largely German settlers of the area that brought and adapted their culture around the hard and often poor industry of Anthracite Mining.

Hard Coal Region
Hard Coal is another more common term for Anthracite and Hard Coal Region is often used to refer to this NorthEastern Area of Pennsylvania and the central Appalachian Mountains.

Northeastern Pennsylvania Anthracite Region Photos
theLastAnthracitePhotographer.com carries the largest living collection of Northeastern Pennsylvania Anthracite Region Photos dating back over a 40-year retrospective of Photojournalsim, documentation and photography.

Coal Region
The Coal Region has historical importance in the coal-mining history. Defined as an area of Pennsylvania comprising of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Columbia, Carbon, Schuylkill, Northmuberland and the far NorthEast area of Dauphin counties.

Coal Region Photos
theLastAnthracitePhotographer.com features the work of over 40 years of photographs and documentation of the Coal Region.

Anthracite Coal
Anthracite Coal is an extremely hard, compact and pure form of Coal. Anthracite Coal features a high luster, high carbon content, with fewer impurities than that of other coals and a higher calorific content of all types of other coal.

Hard Coal
There are many other terms for Anthracite, including Hard Coal, Black Coal, and Stone Coal.