acid mine drainage project elkland jr./sr. high school mansfield university 2009
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1000 A.D. Hopi Indians —Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette discover “charbon de terra” on Illinois River 1701-Coal found by settlers in near today’s Richmond, Virginia 1762-Coal gas used to power street lights in Baltimore 1830-First coal powered locomotive, ‘Tom Thumb” 1875-Coke replaces charcoal as fuel for Iron Furnaces (American Coal Foundation Website, 2005)TRANSCRIPT
ACID MINE DRAINAGE PROJECTELKLAND JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL
& MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY
2009
Post 1865
Pre 1865
Blossburg
(http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/DEPUTATE/MINRES/Districts/homepage/California/Underground/PA%20Mining%20History/PA_coal_fields_map.jpg)
1000 A.D. Hopi Indians1673-74—Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette discover “charbon de terra” on Illinois
River1701-Coal found by settlers in near today’s Richmond,
Virginia1762-Coal gas used to power street lights in Baltimore1830-First coal powered locomotive, ‘Tom Thumb”1875-Coke replaces charcoal as fuel for Iron Furnaces
(American Coal Foundation Website, 2005)
1848-First coal miners union started in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania
1890-United Mine Workers of America is formed1912-First SCBA used in a mine rescue1930-Molded, protective helmet created for
miners1937-Shuttle car invented
(American Coal Foundation Website, 2005)
1762-Coal gas used to power street lights in Baltimore1830-First coal powered locomotive, ‘Tom Thumb”1866-Strip mining becomes common practice1875-Coke replaces charcoal as fuel for Iron Furnaces1896-Steel timbering first used1901-GE.Co. builds first coal fired electric plant in PA1950-Present-Mechanized drilling rigs replace
humans
(American Coal Foundation Website, 2005)
1977-SMRCA (Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act is passed.
1986-Clean Coal Technology Act is passed.2002-Coal mining companies reclaimed 2
millionth acre of mined land
(American Coal Foundation Website, 2005)
1973-1974-Oil embargo by OPEC focuses attention on US coal and increases demand
1990-Us coal production tops one billion tons a year
1995-The NCA and AMC merge into NMA to represent coal and mineral companies
1996-Energy Policy Act opens electric utility to competition
2005-President Bush signs into law the Energy Policy Act—promotes increased usage of coal through clean coal technologies
(American Coal Foundation Website, 2005)
America entered the Second Industrial Revolution due to: 1.) Embargo Act of 1807
2.) War of 1812 America’s industrialization required three
developments: 1.) Expansion of transportation 2.)Effectively harnessing electricity3.) Increase productivity in refining and manufacturing
(http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Industrial_Revolution.html)(http://artofmanliness.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/andrew_carnegie_three-quarter_length_portrait_seated_facing_
slightly_left_1913.jpg)
(http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/tmorris/elements_of_ecology/images/coal_miners.jpg)
•Mine Collapse•Drowning•Gas Pockets•Coal Dust•Black Lung•Human Waste•Miners Strike
•Long work hours•No health insurance•Health problems•Loss of income•Strikes•Death•“Black Maria”
(www.shorpy.com/node/1384)