These photos document the working conditions, routines, and daily realities of early coal mining communities. Long before modern machinery and safety standards, miners of all ages worked in difficult ...

A massive anthracite mine fire has turned Centralia, Pennsylvania, into a ghost town, and it’ll likely continue burning for ...

Some 260 miles apart, the fortunes of two Western towns in America’s heartland rose with the coal plants that nurtured their economies and powered their regions. But now change is coming. The coal ...