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The Bear Valley Strip Mine is an abandoned coal strip mine located in Coal Township, Northumberland County, to the southwest of the town of Shamokin, Pennsylvania.It lies in the Western Middle Field of the Anthracite belt in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, where the Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation is exposed.
Shamokin was founded in 1835 by the coal speculators John C. Boyd and Ziba Bird; it was known as Boyd's Stone-coal Quarry, Boydtown, and New Town. [6] The discovery in the region of anthracite coal resources, or hard coal, became the basis of much industry.
Coal Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1172073. [8] The stream is also known as Coal Run Creek. [11] John C. Boyd constructed a sawmill on Coal Run in the early 1800s. [12] Coal mining was being occasionally done in the vicinity of the ...
Coal mining was being done in the watershed of Shamokin Creek by the early 1800s. In the early 1900s, coal mining, foundries, iron works, nail production, agriculture, silk mills, and woolen mills were the main industries in the watershed. In the 1990s and 2000s, many grants for restoring the creek have been received by various organizations.
The Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning in the ... David DeKok began reporting on the mine fire for The News-Item in Shamokin beginning in ...
The longest are Little Shamokin Creek, Carbon Run, North Branch Shamokin Creek, Coal Run, and Millers Run. [1] Many of the upper tributaries of Shamokin Creek are in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, and nearly all of the streams in this part of the watershed are impacted by mining, except for Furnace Run. Various mine drainage sites ...
By 1872, the Reading Railroad was the biggest mine company in the anthracite region. It used its monopoly on the railroads to take over 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of the best coal lands. The company's president was Frank Gowen. Gowen Street in Shamokin and even Gowen City were named after him. Gowen established a private police force, called the ...
1812 – Mt. Carmel Inn opens, located on the Centre Turnpike in (then) Shamokin township; c.1830s – coal mining begins; 1837 – Coal Township formed from parts of Little Mahanoy and Shamokin townships; 1846 – first Post Office opens; 1847 – land now comprising Mount Carmel Borough purchased by speculators; 1853 – town plot finalized