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gptkbp:instanceOf
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geographical region
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gptkbp:area
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approximately 484 square miles
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gptkbp:containsCity
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gptkb:Hazleton
gptkb:Wilkes-Barre
gptkb:Pottsville
Scranton
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:culturalHeritage
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immigrant mining communities
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gptkbp:declinedAfter
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mid-20th century
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gptkbp:environmentalImpact
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mine subsidence
mine fires
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gptkbp:ethnicGroup
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gptkb:Irish_Americans
gptkb:Italian_Americans
gptkb:German_Americans
gptkb:Lithuanian_Americans
gptkb:Polish_Americans
gptkb:Slovak_Americans
gptkb:Ukrainian_Americans
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gptkbp:firstCoalDiscovery
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late 18th century
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gptkbp:hasResource
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anthracite
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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major coal mining area in 19th and 20th centuries
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Anthracite coal region
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gptkbp:includesCounty
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gptkb:Carbon_County
gptkb:Columbia_County
gptkb:Sullivan_County
gptkb:Northumberland_County
gptkb:Lackawanna_County
gptkb:Lehigh_County
gptkb:Luzerne_County
gptkb:Schuylkill_County
gptkb:Montour_County
gptkb:Dauphin_County
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gptkbp:knownFor
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anthracite coal mining
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Northeastern_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity
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coal mining
railroad transportation
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gptkbp:majorRailroads
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gptkb:Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey
gptkb:Reading_Railroad
gptkb:Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad
gptkb:Lehigh_Valley_Railroad
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gptkbp:miningMethod
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strip mining
deep mining
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Schuylkill_River
gptkb:Susquehanna_River
Lehigh River
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Molly_Maguires
gptkb:Centralia_mine_fire
gptkb:Great_Anthracite_Strike_of_1902
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gptkbp:notableInstitution
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gptkb:Anthracite_Heritage_Museum
gptkb:No._9_Coal_Mine_&_Museum
gptkb:Pioneer_Tunnel_Coal_Mine
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Appalachian_Mountains
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gptkbp:peakProductionYear
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early 20th century
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gptkbp:populationDecline
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20th century
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Molly_Maguires
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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