Anthracite Coal Brings A Great Changes to World
It was getting late so he decided to call it a day. He found a good spot under a protecting ledge to retire for the night.In the year 1790, it was rumored that a man by the name of Necho Allen was hunting at the base of the Broad Mountain, near present day Pottsville, in Pennsylvania. Next, he gathered some firewood and built a campfire under the ledge and fell asleep next to it.
Sometime in the middle of the night he was awakened by a bright light and heat. Jumping up in surprise he dicovered, as he said later, ‘…that the mountiain was on fire.’ When daylight came he found that what he thought was a rock ledge was acually an outcrop of anthracite coal which his campfire ignited. The fire forecast events to come.Henan Hongxing Mining Machinery Co., Ltd is the professional manufacturer of complete sets of mining machinery, for example,rotary kiln,stone crushing plant Welcome all of you to visit our official website.sand making machine:http://www.hx-crusher.com/sand_maker.html
The dicovery of anthracite coal, at the base of that mountain in 1790, could be considered to be the conception that would lead to the birth of an industrial giant. Anthracite coal would be the commodity used to feed the growth of the industrial revolution in America.
Gerald McKerns
Author of ‘The Black Rock That Built America’
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