Coal mining ya fara a Pennsylvania a tsakiyar shekara ta 1700, wadda kamfanin Colonial iron ke yi. An yi amfani da kwalba mai zurfi a Pennsylvania a shekara ta 1760 a "Coal Hill" (Mount Washington na yanzu), a ko'ina cikin kogin Monongahela daga birnin Pittsburgh. An fitar da kwal din daga cikin kullun a kan tsaunuka kuma ana dauke da shi zuwa ga sansanin soja a kusa da Fort Pitt . A shekara ta 1830, birnin Pittsburgh (wanda ake kira "Smoky City" don amfani da mai amfani da kwalba), ya cinye fiye da 400 ton na bituminous ci a kowace rana.
Tarihin Coal Mining
Kungiyar Pittsburgh Coal, musamman maharin koli daga yankin Connellsville, yana da mafi kyawun kwalba a cikin al'umma don yin coke, babban man fetur don fure mai tsanani. Amfani da coke a cikin dakin ƙarfe a cikin Fayette County, Pennsylvania, a cikin 1817. A lokacin tsakiyar shekarun 1830 da aka karbi bishiyoyin coke na naman kudan zuma, wanda ake kira suna siffar dome, ya ci gaba da yin amfani da kwalba na Pittsburgh a cikin baƙin ƙarfe.
A cikin rabin rabin karni na goma sha tara, buƙatar karfe ya karu sosai, wanda ya haifar da mummunar girma na masana'antar jirgin kasa. Yawan tanda na kudan zuma a cikin ramin Pittsburgh tsakanin 1870 da 1905 sun kai daga kimanin tanda 200 zuwa kusan 31,000 saboda amsawar da ake bukata na masana'antu da masana'antu; amfani da su a 1910 a kusan 48,000. Rashin samar da ma'adinai na hakar ma'adinai tare da kogin Pittsburgh ya karu daga ton miliyan 4.3 na kwalba a shekara ta 1880 zuwa kusan kusan ton miliyan 40 a shekarar 1916.
Fiye da tamanin biliyan 10 na ma'adinan bitamin ne a cikin kananan hukumomi 21 na Pennsylvania (musamman yankunan yammacin yammaci) a cikin shekaru 200+ na aikin hakar ma'adinai. Wannan shi ne kusan kashi ɗaya cikin hudu na dukan kwalba da aka yi a Amurka. Yankunan Pennsylvania wadanda ke dauke da caal mines, wanda aka tsara don samarwa, sun haɗa da Greene, Somerset, Armstrong, Indiana, Clearfield, Washington, Cambria, Jefferson, Westmoreland, Clarion, Elk, Fayette, Mai zuwa, Butler, Lawrence, Cibiyar, Beaver, Blair, Allegheny , Venango, da Mercer.
Pennsylvania a halin yanzu daya daga cikin jihohi mafi girma a Amurka.
Cutar Cutar Magunguna a Yammacin Pennsylvania
Daya daga cikin mafi munin mummunar masifa a Amurka ya faru a Darr Mine a Westmoreland County a ranar 19 ga watan Disamba, 1907, lokacin da iskar gas da fashewa ta turbaya suka kashe mutane 239. Sauran ƙananan masifu a cikin Yammacin Yammacin Turai sun hada da Harwick Mine fashewa na 1904, wanda ya ce rayukan mutane 179 da masu ceto biyu da Marianna Mine Disaster na 1908 sun kashe mutane 129. Bayanai game da wannan da kuma sauran masifar da ke cikin Pennsylvania za a iya samo su a cikin asibiti na Pennsylvania wanda ya yi sanadiyyar mutuwar mota, a kan layi a Pennsylvania State Archives, da ke rubuta bayanai na hatsarin mota na shekarun 1899-1972. A cikin kwanan nan ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, kamfanin Quecreek Mine a Somerset County, Pennsylvania, ya kama hankalin mutane a duk duniya kamar yadda tara tara da aka kama a karkashin kasa don kwana uku an ceto su da rai.
Yankin Yammacin Yammacin Pennsylvania
Kwanan baya Ganin M : Wannan dabarar da nake aiki a yanzu yana aiki ne kawai a matsayin mai yawon shakatawa, tare da jiragen ruwa da masu hakar ma'adinai suka yi aiki a lokacin da suke aiki. Rashin gani na Kanana wanda yake a Cambria County, Pennsylvania, na daga cikin hanyar da za a ci gaba da tafiyar da harkokin yawon shakatawa na kasa.
Tour-Ed Coal Mine & Museum: Yi tafiya a cikin wannan Tarentum mine inda masu shahararrun masu ba da kyauta suna ba da shaida na irin nau'o'in kayan aikin ma'adinai don bawa baƙi abin da ke ciki kuma yana son yin aiki a cikin wani kwalba.
Windber Coal Heritage Centre: Binciken Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ma'aikata da kuma gano yadda "Black Gold" ta Pennsylvania ya rinjayi rayukan mazauna. Cibiyar Gidan Gida ta Windber ita ce kawai tashar kayan gargajiya na gabashin Amurka da aka sadaukar da su don bada labari game da rayuwar yau da kullum da kuma iyalansu.