Coal Discovery

Coal Discovery is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Tioga County, dedicated 1975.

Tioga County · dedicated 1975 · William B. Wilson Hwy. (US 15)

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While acting as scouts for the Williamson Road party in 1792, Robert Benjamin Patterson discovered coal at present-day Blossburg. The first drift to mine the coal was opened on Bear Creek by David Clemons about 1815.

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Coal Discovery

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