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An old picture, but they still use scissor lift dump trucks to get the height to chute the coal in the basement.

My grandfather was a coal miner in PENN for most of his life

I used to get a half load of "house coal" for the deer camp every other year, but I haven't seen it for sale in a few years, around here anyway.

With electric heat, some is likely coal heat.

Just got back from spending 4 weeks over at the cabin between Nov-Dec. All we heat with is wood and coal. We are buying it by the bag from a local feed and seed store because it’s easier to manage. Shovel full of coal and a stick or two of semi-green wood, best heat out there in my opinion.

Back in the old Iowa country one room schoolhouse, the student that brought the most coal sat the closest to the stove.

They still sell it in York. Hoke Mills. You can bag or theyll deliver.

WHO radio, DesMoines, Iowa, used to advertise Greenmark coal, I remember seeing it.

fair is fair

Never was a thing out here anywhere I've lived you can't swing a stick without hitting a tree so everyone's got wood stoves.

yep

Mom had coal furnace back in west PA in the 60's

Did the same as a kid. Also in Cedar City.

It’s still pretty popular in some areas of Wyoming. And yes, bulk delivery by hired truck or personal vehicle is possible! memtb

EFM still makes coal stokers that burn rice coal.

We had a member, Coalcracker, I hope he is well.

Folks are still heating with it in SW Pa.

The mine I retired at would give employees however much they wanted and still do. Free heat all winter. Most people in town still use it.

Plenty of coal heat in Eastern PA as well.

The shortage of oak lumber in England started the industrial revolution. They started mining coal.