Lehigh Anthracite

We are hiring Lehigh Anthracite is accepting job applications for Second (2nd) shift mechanical maintenance and repair positions. Hours will be a 4PM 2AM, Monday Friday (10 hour days). The individual must possess mechanical aptitude with experience in motors, pumps, conveyors, screens, and vibrators, welding experience preferred. This position will be supervised by the 2nd shift Foreman and perform work on the job orders as directed. Job duties require outside work periodically. Lehigh offers an excellent benefit package including a 401k plan, personal / vacation after 60 days of employment. The starting rate will range from $21.53 - $24.99, commensurate with experience. Applicants must apply online at www.lehighanthracite.com, or stop in the office to drop off their resume.

We are Hiring! We are accepting applications for our bagging department. This is a first shift position. The hours are M - TH from 6am - 4 pm with the opportunity for overtime. Great way to learn some skills. We offer a competitive pay and excellent benefits. Interested candidates can apply at our office or at www.lehighanthracite.com/careers

Interested in participating in our Miners on Mission Bike Run and help reach our goal? Rain or shine! Contact John J. Hadesty @ 570-527-1554 for more information.

We will be open this Saturday, 7am to noon!

Today we delivered a 700 pound beauty to our friends at the Coaldale American Legion! We are so happy to be a part of such a great community, running strong on Lehigh Anthracite Coal!

Here is an Anvil that was carved out of a chunk of our coal by artist Billy Dufala

Our new robotic stacker will sure save our employees backs!

This Saturday March 6, 2021 will be our last retail Saturday for this heating season. Thank you all for your business! We will be open for retail coal sales Monday Through Thursday for the spring and summer months. Thanks!!!1

WE ARE HIRING 2nd Shift maintenance for our breaker! Lehigh Anthracite Coal is accepting applications for an individual to perform routine Breaker maintenance and repairs. This position is 2nd shift, 4pm 2am Monday Thursday. Must have a mechanical aptitude as well as knowledge of welding practices and ability to read/work from blueprints. Job duties may require work outside, at night, year around in all types of weather conditions. We offer a competitive wage and excellent benefit package. Interested individuals should apply online at www.lehighanthracite.com. No phone calls please.

We are still hiring full time positions for 1st and 2nd shift in our bagging department. We offer competitive wages and excellent benefits!

If you want to keep your job in mining especially coalmining you better get the word out and vote against Biden.If you want to keep your job in mining especially coalmining you better get the word out and vote against Biden.

Beginning on Saturday, September 12, 2020 Lehigh Anthracite will be open for retail sales. Our hours this year will be 7am - noon.

Panther Valley Mining Suffers Death Blow (by Ralph Kreamer, Sunday Call-Chronicle, Allentown, Pa, February 28, 1960) Destiny has penciled the end to Panther... Valley's once mighty anthracite industry. This weekend more than 1,200 mine and stripping workers wearily trudged out of the pits with little hope of ever returning. Before the last shift ended Friday, employees of the Coaldale Mining Co. and subordinate stripping operations knew the death blow had already been struck. EQUIPMENT REMOVED During the last few days most of the equipment used and stored inside the cavernous mines has been removed. There has been a steady procession of huge pumps, electric motors and other pieces of valuable equipment taken to the surface. Practically all of this machinery, once valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars is destined for the scrap pile and cutter's torch. Crews have already been busy removing the more valuable bronze fittings and pieces from dismantled equipment. To the miners, this removal of machinery is ominousthe underground workings will be allowed to flood. Few flooded mines are ever reopened. LITTLE HOPE Company officials as well as miners hold little or no hope that anyone will ever reopen these mines. As Norman Richards, Coaldale, company superintendent, points out the removal of the pumps will eventually permit water to flood levels to approximately 1,000 feet above the greatest depth. At the deepest point, the Coaldale mines dip 120 feet below sea level, and the water may rise to 830 feet above sea level. At this point, a drainage tunnel will carry off the water. The last of the coal, mined earlier last week, has already been removed to the surface. None of the empty mine cars will be returned to the mines but will be stored temporarily on the outside. Unless a miracle happens these, too, are bound for the scrap heap. The electric motors that pull the mine cars will also be removed. The main power switches that control inside operations were tentatively scheduled to be pulled tomorrow night. However, the action has been temporarily halted by an injunction issued late Friday by the Schuylkill County Court. SKELETON FORCE According to Richards, a skeleton force of company men will be employed until March 15 to clean up operations. Some of the office force will work for a few months, completing the company’s business affairs. When these details have been finished, Panther Valley's last mining operations, the No. 8 and No. 9 collieries, will experience the same transition as their predecessors, an abrupt change from bustling activity to deadly silence, rust, and abandonment to the weeds that will spring up along the idle railroad tracks and pathways. With Coaldale's closing, the valley has heard its last sweet symphony of jarring mine cars, accentuated by the staccato rhythm of the breaker, rumbling mine blasts and the tinkling of miners’ payrolls. On March 15, most of the miners will receive their final pay checks. For the majority there is only the promise of 30 weeks unemployment compensationand thennothing. https://coaldalehighalumni.homestead.com/imag/mine_cars.jpg

Lehigh Anthracite will be closed on Friday July 3 to observe the Independence Day Holiday.

We are hiring!!!!!!!! We are seeking an individual for our first shift bagging department. Please apply at: https://lehighanthracite.com/careers/

This Saturday will be our last until September! Hours are 7-noon!

We would like to recognize our employees from our Little Italy location in Nesquehoning! Great work all! The Federal Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) has recognized the Little Italy-Nesquehoning crew at Lehigh Anthracite Coal, LLC for working 21,126 hours with zero lost time due to injuries again in 2018. This was the small surface mining group’s third consecutive award for safety. The crew includes, front row from left; Joshua Daniels, Joe Gildea, Ron Ferrence, mine Superintendent Shane Wetzel, Brian Ingold, Walt Zotynia, Tony Dirzulaitis, Rich Rudinsky and Robert Craigie. Back Row: Ryan Suchy, Alan German, Jason Schoenberger, President Richard Rusty Taylor, safety director John Hadesty, and Brandon Ream.

1942. This one includes my Great Grandfather Metro Melnick.