This map is a composite of several found in the sources listed below. Computer graphics techniques were used to piece together, clarify, define and recolor several maps found in these references. The coal townships (and some adjacent ones) have been brightened.

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1. The five volume Eckhart's "History of Carbon County" from the Dimmick Memorial Library, Jim Thorpe/Mauch Chunk.

2. "History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania", with Biographical Selections. H.C. Bradsby, ed. Chicago: S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1893

3. "Atlas of Luzerne County Pennsylvania", by D.G. Beers, published by A. Pomeroy & Co., Philadelphia, 1873.

4. The Pennsylvania State University topographical map repository.

5. "History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania", Munsell, 1881

For several magnified views of this locale, also consult:

The Hazleton - McAdoo Vicinity
Towns, Roads and Geology
Pre Civil War Coalfields
Index to all Maps

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