Bernice Coalfield

{{Short description|Coalfield in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States}}

The Bernice Coalfield is in Cherry and Colley Townships of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. The villages of Mildred, Lopez, Murraytown and Bernice surround the Coalfields. Primarily semi-anthracite coal was mined here. Both strip mining and deep mining was done.

References

{{cite journal | title=Observations on the role of the Bernice coal field (Sullivan County, Pennsylvania) anthracites in the development of coalification theories in the Appalachians | journal=International Journal of Coal Geology | volume=33 | issue=2 | date=1997-03-01 | issn=0166-5162 | doi=10.1016/S0166-5162(96)00046-8 | pages=95–102 | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166516296000468 | ref={{sfnref | International Journal of Coal Geology | 1997}} | access-date=2021-04-30| last1=Hower | first1=J.C. | bibcode=1997IJCG...33...95H }}

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Category:Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania

Category:Coal mining regions in the United States

Category:Geography of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

Category:Coal mining in Pennsylvania