Strauch, George B. (sold)
George R. Strauch (1844 - August 16, 1880) was a civil and mining engineer active in northeastern Pennsylvania during the region's Anthracite Coal boom. Strauch was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Over the course of his career he worked for the James Rivier Mining and Steel Company in Lychburg, Virginia, as well as for at least one mining company in Pennsylvania. He compiled several important maps of the rich Pennsylvania anthracite veins, as well as property maps of the Schuylkill region. Strauch reportedly died of consumption (tuberculosis), but it may have been a mining disease like Back Lung, at age thirty-seven.
A previously uncatalogued state of a fascinating map of Pennsylvania's Coal Region.
The Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania with their Outlets to Market.
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This is an 1879 George B. Strauch and A.B. Cochran map of Pennsylvania's coal region. The map depicts the region from Dauphin County to Wayne County and from Luzerne County and the Northern Coal Field to Berks County and Lebanon County. Six colors highlight the six different districts within the coal region, all of which are identified in a table situated along the top border. Mines are labeled within the districts, along with towns and other settlements. An inset on the lower right situates the anthracite coal fields regionally and details the transportation hubs that bring this incredibly important raw material to market. Data concerning each of the coalfields, including the collieries and their operators, appears along the bottom border and provides a better understanding of the economics involved in anthracite mining. (more details)