Ukumbiwa kwemayini yamalahle kuqaliswe ePennsylvania phakathi nama-1700, ikhutshwe ngoshishino lwezinyithi zamaColoni. I-Bituminous (soft) amalahle yachithwa kuqala ePennsylvania malunga ne-1760 kwi-"Coal Hill" (iNtaba yaseWashington namhlanje), ngaphesheya koMlambo waseMonghelahela ukusuka kwisixeko sasePittsburgh. Amalahle ayekhishwe kwii-outcrops ecaleni kweenduli kwaye athuthwa ngephenyane ukuya ejongeni lempi elisondele eFort Pitt . Ngowe-1830, isixeko sasePittsburgh (sabiza "iSixeko soShushu" ngokusetyenziswa kwayo kwamalahle amaninzi), sagqitha ngaphezu kweetoni ezingama-400 zelahle elikhanyayo ngosuku.
Imbali yoMbiwa kweMali
I-Pittsburgh Coal Seam, ingakumbi amalahle aphezulu avela kwisiXeko saseConnellsville, yayinelahle elihle kulolu hlanga ukwenza i-coke, ipetroli eyinhloko yesikhuni sensimbi. Ukusetyenziswa kokuqala kwecoke kwisithando sensimbi senzeke kwiFayette County, ePennsylvania, ngo-1817. Ngethuba laphakathi kwe-1830 ukwamukelwa kweevenkile ze-coke ze-beehive, ezibizwa ngokuba yi-dome shape, zakhuthaza ngakumbi ukusetyenziswa kwelahle lePittsburgh kwisikhumba sesinyithi.
Ngethuba lesigxina sokugqibela senkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba, imfuno yensimbi yenyuka ngokukhawuleza, eyenziwa ngokukhula kokuqhuma komshishino. I-ovens yeenyosi e-Pittsburgh, phakathi kwe-1870 no-1905, yanyuka ukusuka kuma-ovens angama-200 ukuya malunga nama-31,000 ekuphenduleni ukunyuka kweemfuno zoshishino zensimbi kunye ne-iron; ukusetyenziswa kwazo kwavela ngo-1910 malunga nama-48,000. Ukuveliswa kwemigodi yamachiza kunye ne-Pittsburgh ye-charity seam yenyuka ukusuka kwi-4.3 yezigidi zeemali zamalahle ngo-1880 ukuya kwi-toni ezingama-40 yezigidi ngo-1916.
Amathani angaphezu kweebhiliyoni ezili-10 ezinamalahle ahlambulukileyo asetyenziswe ubuncinci kwii-21 zasePennsylvania (ngokukodwa ezikwinqanaba langasentshona) kwiminyaka edlulileyo ye-200 + yeemigodi. Oku malunga nenye yesine yazo yonke amalahle eye yachithwa eMelika. Amanqanaba asePennsylvania anemigodi yamalahle, abekwe kwimigangatho yemveliso, kuquka iGrene, Somerset, Armstrong, i-Indiana, i-Clearfield, iWashington, iCambria, iJefferson, iWestmoreland, iClarion, i-Elk, i-Fayette, i-Lycoming, i-Butler, i-Lawrence, i-Centre, i-Beaver, i-Blair, i-Allegheny , Venango, kunye neMercer.
I-Pennsylvania njengamanje yezona zikhulu ezinkulu zokuvelisa amalahle eUnited States.
Iingozi zeMayini yamalahle eMzantsi Pennsylvania
Enye yeentlekele zam ezona zimbi kakhulu e-United States zenzeke kwiMigodi yaseDarr eWestmoreland County ngoDisemba 19, 1907, xa ukuqhuma kwegesi kunye nokuthulila uthuli kwabulala abavukuzi abangama-239. Ezinye iintlekele zamanzi ezinkulu eNtshona Pennsylvania ziquka ukuqhuma kweMigodi yaseHarwick ka-1904 eyabetha ubomi be-179 abavukuzi kunye nabahlanguli ababini kunye ne-Marianna Mine Disaster ka-1908 eyabulala abavukuzi abangamalahle abangama-129. Ulwazi malunga nale nenye yeentlekele zamanxweme zamalahle asePennsylvania zifumaneka kwiiRejistri zengozi yamashishini engamalahle asePennsylvania, kwi-Intanethi ye-Pennsylvania State Archives, ukubhalwa kweengozi zemigodi kwiminyaka ye-1899-1972. Inkumbulo yakutshanje, iMayini yaseQuecreek e-Somerset County, ePennsylvania, yabamba ingqalelo yabantu emhlabeni wonke njengabavukuzi abayisithoba abanjwe phantsi komhlaba iintsuku ezintathu ekugqibeleni baphululwa bephila.
IWorld Pennsylvania Coal Mine Tours
Imboni Yobonakele Kwam Imbewu : Lo mva osebenza ngokusemgangathweni wamashanga omlilo ngoku usebenza nje njengomgobi wezorhwebo, kunye neendwendwe ezingaphantsi komhlaba eziqhutywe ngabavukuzi abake basebenze kwimigodi. I-Mindom Mine Mine eyona e-Cambria County, ePennsylvania, inxalenye yendlela yenkqubela phambili yelifa lemveli yelifa.
Imayini yamalahle kunye neMyuziyam yoTyelelo: Thatha uhambo lwezemfundo ngokusebenzisa le mijelo yomzali apho abavukuzi abanolwazi banikela imiboniso ephilileyo yeendidi ezahlukeneyo zezixhobo zokumbiwa kwempahla ukuze banike iindwendwe ingqiqo yokuba yintoni kwaye ifana nokusebenza kwimayini yamalahle.
I-Windber Coal Heritage Centre: Hlaziya uMmandla woLondolozo lweModeli uze ubone indlela iPennsylvania "yeGold Gold" enefuthe ngayo ubomi beendawo. I-Windber Coal Heritage Centre yiyona kuphela yendalo yolondolozo lwemvelo kummandla osempuma wase-US ozinikezele ukuxelela ibali lemihla ngemihla yabasebenzi bemigodi kunye neentsapho zabo.