Mari yemigodhi yakatanga muPennsylvania pakati pemakore ekuma1700, yakasimbiswa neColonial iron iron industry. Bhituminous (soft) charal yakatanga kudyidzwa muPennsylvania munenge muna 1760 pa "Coal Hill" (iye zvino Gomo reWashington), mhiri kweMonongahela River kubva muguta rePittsburgh. Mazimbe acho akabudiswa kubva kumahombekombe ari pedyo negomo uye akatakurwa nechikepe kuenda kune imwe musungwa wevasungwa kuFort Pitt . Pakazosvika 1830, guta rePittsburgh (rainzi "Smoky City" nokuda kwekushandisa kwayo yakawanda emarasha), rakapedza matani anopfuura mazana mana emarara emasikati pazuva.
Nhoroondo yeCaal Mining
IPittsburgh Coal Seam, kunyanya mari yepamusoro yakabva kuConnellsville District, yakanga ine mazimbe akawanda munyika iyo yekuita coke, iyo huru yefurairi yehuni inopisa moto. Kushandiswa kwekutanga kwe coke muchoto chesimbi chakaitika muFayette County, Pennsylvania, muna 1817. Pakazosvika pakati pemakore ekuma1830 kubvumirwa kwevhisi yeuchi yeuchi, iyo yakatumidzwa kuti yakagadzirwa, yakasimudzira kushandiswa kwePittsburgh-seam charashi mumidziyo yesimbi.
Pakati pehafu yekupedzisira yezana remakore rechigumi nemapfumbamwe, chido chesimbi chakasimuka zvikuru, chakakonzerwa nekukura kwekufambisa kwekambani yemigwagwa. Nhamba yeovheni yeuchi yePittsburgh pakati pe1870 ne1 1905 yakasimuka kubva kumaovheni mazana maviri kusvika kune 31,000 mukupindura kwekuwedzera kwekuda kwekambani yesimbi uye yesimbi; kushandiswa kwavakaita kwakasvika muna 1910 inenge 48,000. Kubudiswa kwemigodhi yemasha pamwe nechemberi yePittsburgh yakagadzirwa kubva mumatare emamiriyoni 4,3 emarasha muna 1880 kusvika pachiyero chemamiriyoni makumi mana emadhora muna 1916.
Mamiriyoni gumi emadhora emabharisheni akave akafuridzirwa mumaguta 21 ePennsylvania (kunyanya kumadokero kumatare) mukati memakore 200+ apfuura emigodhi. Izvi zvinenge chikamu chechina chemalahle ose akambodzwa muUnited States. Mapuwa ePennsylvania ane mairi emagetsi, anowanikwa mukugadzirwa kwezvinhu, anosanganisira Greene, Somerset, Armstrong, Indiana, Clearfield, Washington, Cambria, Jefferson, Westmoreland, Clarion, Elk, Fayette, Lycoming, Butler, Lawrence, Centre, Beaver, Blair, Allegheny , Venango, uye Mercer.
Pennsylvania ikozvino ndiyo imwe yenyika dzakawanda dzinopisa mazimbe muUnited States.
Coal Mining Accidents in Western Pennsylvania
Chimwe chezvakaipa zvikuru zvangu muUnited States zvakaitika kuDhariri reDarry muWestmoreland County musi waDecember 19, 1907, apo kuputika kwegasi uye guruva kwakauraya varimi 239. Mamwe mashomanana makuru emigodhi muWestern Pennsylvania anosanganisira Harwick Mine kuputika kwegore ra194 iyo yakareva upenyu hwevane minda 179 pamwe chete nevanoponesa vaviri uye Marianna Mine Disaster ye 1908 iyo yakauraya makumi matatu nemakumi maviri emagetsi emari. Mashoko pamusoro apa uye mamwe mapepa emigodhi yemapipi ePennsylvania anowanika muPennsylvania mapeji emaricho emakambani epakona, paIndaneti State Archives, kunyora zviitiko zvemigodhi kwemakore 1899-1972. Muchiyeuchidzo chekare, Quecreek Mine muSomerset County, Pennsylvania, yakatora pfungwa dzevanhu munyika yose sevashandi vepfumbamwe vakavharirwa pasi pevhu kwemazuva matatu vakazopedzisira vaponeswa vari vapenyu.
Western Pennsylvania Coal Mine Tours
Ndinowanzoona Zvangu : Izvi zvakamboshanda mumigodhi yemagetsi emarara zvino inoshanda chete semugove wevashanyi, uye kutarisa pasi pevhu kunotungamirirwa nevashandi vekumba vaimboshanda mumigodhi. Inowanzoona Mine inowanikwa muCambria County, Pennsylvania, inhengo yenzira yekufambira mberi kwenyika yefambi yekufamba.
Kuratidzwa-Ed Edhairiro Yemari & Museum: Tora ruzivo rwekudzidzisa kuburikidza nemugove weTarentum apo vadzidzisi vane ruzivo vanoita zviratidzo zvoupenyu zvemarudzi akasiyana-siyana emidziyo yekumigodha kupa vashanyi manzwisisiro azvakanga ari uye akafanana nekushanda mumigodhi yemarasha.
Windber Coal Heritage Centre: Tsvaga Muenzaniso weMining Community uye uone kuti Pennsylvania "Black Gold" yakakanganisa hupenyu hwevagari vemo. The Windber Coal Heritage Centre ndiyo chete inoshandiswa mumusamuki kumabvazuva kweU.S. akazvitsaurirwa kuti ataure nyaya yehupenyu hwezuva nezuva hwevarimi nemhuri dzavo.