FIRST -- Mining of Pittsburgh Coal - Pittsburgh, PA
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bluesnote
N 40° 26.065 W 080° 00.678
17T E 583858 N 4476444
A state marker at an overlook of the city.
Waymark Code: WMX430
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2017
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The plaque says, "This State's bituminous coal industry was born about 1760 on Coal Hill, now Mount Washington. Here the Pittsburgh coal bed was mined to supply Fort Pitt. This was eventually to be judged the most valuable individual mineral deposit in the United States."
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