FIRST -- Mining of Pittsburgh Coal - Pittsburgh, PA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 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
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
Views: 2

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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