Abstract
The extraction of coal from the ground for industrial and home use has been a central part of the story of Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh would never have developed into the powerhouse of the Second Industrial Revolution without it, but the miners who spent their lives bringing coal from the seam to the surface are often a forgotten part of the story. The real dangers of this work were made all too obvious in 1907, the deadliest year for coal miners, when 806 miners died in Pennsylvania bituminous mines alone.
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