ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / Staff PhotographerWhile standing in front of a Dragline excavator, Congressman Louis Barletta (PA-11), Hazleton, at podium, and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, at right, talk with the press and employees of the Jeddo Coal Company during a tour of the facility in Ebervale Thursday. While touring the local facility, the two also toured the Rare Earth Elements extraction project site, a coal reclamation site, and an anthracite mining operation that is on the property. The two addressed the importance of anthracite coal in the development of various high-tech products, including cellphones and computers, and are instrumental in U.S. defense weapons systems.
ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER While standing in front of a dragline excavator shovel, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, left, and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry talk with the press and employees of the Jeddo Coal Co. during a tour Thursday of the facility in Ebervale.
ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / Staff PhotographerU.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry sits in the operator’s area of a Dragline excavator after addressing employees of the Jeddo Coal Company during a tour of the mining facility in Ebervale Thursday. While at the strip mining operation with Congressman Louis Barletta (R-PA), the two toured the Rare Earth Elements extraction project site, a coal reclamation site, and an anthracite mining operation that is on the property. They also addressed the importance of anthracite coal in the development of various high-tech products, including cellphones and computers, and are instrumental in U.S. defense weapons systems.
ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / Staff PhotographerU.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, at podium, stands in front of a Dragline excavator while addressing employees of the Jeddo Coal Company during a tour of the facility in Ebervale Thursday. While at the strip mining operation with Congressman Louis Barletta (R-PA), in ball cap, the two toured the Rare Earth Elements extraction project site, a coal reclamation site, and an anthracite mining operation that is on the property. They also addressed the importance of anthracite coal in the development of various high-tech products, including cellphones and computers, and are instrumental in U.S. defense weapons systems.
ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / Staff PhotographerU.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry stands in front of a Dragline excavator shovel while addressing employees of the Jeddo Coal Company during a tour of the facility in Ebervale Thursday. While at the strip mining operation with Congressman Louis Barletta (R-PA), the two toured the Rare Earth Elements extraction project site, a coal reclamation site, and an anthracite mining operation that is on the property. They also addressed the importance of anthracite coal in the development of various high-tech products, including cellphones and computers, and are instrumental in U.S. defense weapons systems.
ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / Staff PhotographerU.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry sits in the operator’s area of a Dragline excavator after addressing employees of the Jeddo Coal Company during a tour of the mining facility in Ebervale Thursday. While at the strip mining operation with Congressman Louis Barletta (R-PA), the two toured the Rare Earth Elements extraction project site, a coal reclamation site, and an anthracite mining operation that is on the property. They also addressed the importance of anthracite coal in the development of various high-tech products, including cellphones and computers, and are instrumental in U.S. defense weapons systems.
ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / Staff PhotographerU.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, at podium, stands in front of a Dragline excavator while addressing employees of the Jeddo Coal Company during a tour of the facility in Ebervale Thursday. While at the strip mining operation with Congressman Louis Barletta (R-PA), in ball cap, the two toured the Rare Earth Elements extraction project site, a coal reclamation site, and an anthracite mining operation that is on the property. They also addressed the importance of anthracite coal in the development of various high-tech products, including cellphones and computers, and are instrumental in U.S. defense weapons systems.
ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / Staff PhotographerU.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry stands in front of a Dragline excavator shovel while addressing employees of the Jeddo Coal Company during a tour of the facility in Ebervale Thursday. While at the strip mining operation with Congressman Louis Barletta (R-PA), the two toured the Rare Earth Elements extraction project site, a coal reclamation site, and an anthracite mining operation that is on the property. They also addressed the importance of anthracite coal in the development of various high-tech products, including cellphones and computers, and are instrumental in U.S. defense weapons systems.
ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / Staff PhotographerWhile standing in front of a Dragline excavator, Congressman Louis Barletta (PA-11), Hazleton, at podium, and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, at right, talk with the press and employees of the Jeddo Coal Company during a tour of the facility in Ebervale Thursday. While touring the local facility, the two also toured the Rare Earth Elements extraction project site, a coal reclamation site, and an anthracite mining operation that is on the property. The two addressed the importance of anthracite coal in the development of various high-tech products, including cellphones and computers, and are instrumental in U.S. defense weapons systems.
ELLEN F. O’CONNELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER While standing in front of a dragline excavator shovel, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, left, and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry talk with the press and employees of the Jeddo Coal Co. during a tour Thursday of the facility in Ebervale.
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EBERVALE — A grant-funded program that evaluates methods for extracting rare earth materials from coal waste could fuel the coal industry for generations to come, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, said while touring Jeddo Coal Co. mining operations Thursday.
