Michael G. Rushton graduated from Bishop Hoban High School and became interested in industrial archeology. After high school, he attended King's College, where he studied computer information systems. He dabbled in photography, eventually buying a Pentax K-1000. He considers himself an amateur photographer and industrial archaeologist.
Anthracite coal was mined in Northeastern Pennsylvania throughout the nineteen and twentieth centuries. The industry was a major employer in the region. It has been fifty to sixty years since...