Little City of Black Diamonds: A Coal -Mining Story of Yesteryear

by Ralph Gray

Nestled in a hollow in the hills of Western Pennsylvania is the former coal-mining town of Marsteller, locally known as "Mosscreek". At its birth in the early 20th century, it was a company-owned town; and most of the miners had immigrated from Southern and Eastern Europe to fill the need of unskilled labor as the demand for coal increased. This book is a story about the colorful past of a town and its people; what life was like in the "Little City...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1547221658
• ISBN13: 9781547221653
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"