History of anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania coal was being transported annually to Philadelphia using the Schuylkill River (Dublin, Licht, 13) The Wurts brothers, William and Maurice, owned coalfields in the northeastern Pennsylvania anthracite region, but found an unresponsive market in Philadelphia, which was receiving coal from the Schuylkill and Lehigh routes. They saw business potential in finding a connection route between anthracite fields and the New York City market, and so they had the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company incorporated in 1823 (Sciaky, 275-6). The D&H Company built a canal system across parts of the Delaware and Hudson Rivers that stretched from Honesdale, PA to Rondout,
Siberian Anthracite a part of the Alltech Group, which is the majority shareholder. The company is led by CEO Anastasia Poprygaeva. Siberian Anthracite dates back to the mid-1970s, having been founded in 1974 to supply a number of Soviet enterprises producing electrodes and metallurgical and ferroalloy plants. The company's assets were restructured in 2001 as CJSC Siberian Anthracite. In 2011, it was reported that the company planned to list its shares in London. Siberian Anthracite was a founder member of Novosibirsk-based professional ice-hockey club Sibir, and continues to sponsor the club. Siberian Anthracite Siberian Anthracite () is Russia's largest producer of ultra