{{Short description|Coal mining area in Pennsylvania, US}} {{One source|date=May 2007}} The '''Clearfield Coalfield''' is a [[bituminous coal]] mining area in [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US42033|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> United States. The coal seams are found in most parts of Clearfield County, with the notable exception of the northern part of the county.

==Mining history== The entrance of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s extension from [[Tyrone, Pennsylvania|Tyrone]], northwest to [[Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania|Philipsburg]] and [[Clearfield, Pennsylvania|Clearfield]] opened much of the field to coal mining. Later the [[New York Central]] (NYC) built the [[Beech Creek Railroad]] from [[Jersey Shore]] up [[Beech Creek (Pennsylvania)|Beech Creek]] and entered Clearfield from the northeast. This line bypassed Clearfield and extended south to [[Mahaffey, Pennsylvania|Mahaffey]] and eventually into [[Indiana County]]. Other rail lines included the [[Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad]]'s extension down [[Anderson Creek (Pennsylvania)|Anderson Creek]] to Clearfield, NYC's extension to Clearfield and down the [[Susquehanna River]] to Keating, and the [[Bell's Gap Railroad]], which ran through the southern part of the county through Mahaffey. Each railroad opened numerous coal company towns such as Surveyor, Croft, [[Karthaus, Pennsylvania|Karthaus]] and Bald Hill on NYC's Susquehanna River line. Numerous other towns were built such as Gaazam, Glen Richey, Peale, Winburne ([[Summerville, Pennsylvania|Summerville]]), Hawk Run, Morrisdale and [[Irvona]].

The active mining of these fields has been greatly reduced since the 1970s. Some coal is obtained via [[strip-mining]] for the power plant at Shawville and other private enterprises. There were no active underground mines in Clearfield County as of 2007.

== External links == *[http://www.coalcampusa.com/westpa/clearfield-coalfield/clearfield-coalfield.htm] Appalachian Coalfields - Clearfield Field]

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