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Between coal and a hard place
POTTSVILLE — Hard coal built this area of eastern Pennsylvania into an economic powerhouse in the 1800s and early 1900s, and helped fuel the nation’s industrial revolution. Even today, it’s hard to find a native who doesn’t ha...
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