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Coal was certainly and is still king. In SW PA,it was shaft mined and stripped mines. At my folk's old place when I visit,I can stand and pretty much look in 360 degrees andonly see reclaimed strip mines.

Now they are high walling the coal pillars that were left after they shaft mined the coal.These pillars were used to keep the over burben from falling in.Now a hydraulic operated wall is erected and the coal is mined out of those pillars. When done,the wall is stepped over to the next pillar and the earth behind it falls in.Of course,everything topside falls in and many homes have been demolished because of it.

Home wells also.My brother lost his well and the coal comany had to haul his water for two years. After that he was on his own and now trucks it in.