Contents A view of coal mining in 1877 How important was coal mining to the American economy? The work of a coal miner in the 1870s The special hazards of coal mining How did machines change the work of a coal miner? How did Stephen Crane describe the life of a coal miner in 1894? A description of the life of a miner in 1902 How did reformers use the coal industry to persuade Americans to support measures to abolish child labor? An Anthracite Miner's Story (1902) Among the Coal Miners (an account from Illinois in 1902) Anthracite Coal Mines and Mining (a description from 1902) The Boys in the Breakers (1904) Troubles in the coke regions The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 The The Anthracite Coal Strike A 1904 description of anthracite coal communities The Molly Maguires credits
