Scranton, Pennsylvania Mining History Association
Folding and faulting of the coal bearing formations made it necessary to use a variety of mining methods. CLICK ON THE IMAGE VIEW LARGER IMAGE. Plan and section views of a working breast in a shallow dipping coal bed (Coal Miners Pocketbook, 1916). CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO DISPLAY OTHER MINING METHODS USEDIN SHALOW AND STEEPLY DIPPING BEDS.