Meadow Branch Coalfield
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Meadow Branch Coalfield
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The Meadow Branch Coalfield is a coalfield located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia along the Berkeley and Morgan county lines. It is the only anthracite coalfield in West Virginia, unlike the bituminous coal found in the rest of the state. It has not seen any active mining in many decades. However, as early as 1798 anthracite from Berkeley County and bituminous coal from Mineral County were the sources of coal supplying the government's Harpers Ferry Armory. Berkeley County was also a
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_Branch_Coalfield
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2022-10-13T22:40:00Z
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