Scranton PA is the county seat for Lackawanna County. This is right in the middle of the largest anthracite coal mining region in America. The coal mines run as far south as Schuylkill County. The coal mining here is not very active lately partly because they had a catastrophic accident in the 1950' and the river flooded most of the mines. They owners had allowed the mining to go too close to the river. My great grandparents came to Luzerne Co (right below Lackawanna Co) from Aberdaare, Glamorgan, Wales with all their children. The 2 oldest sons had gone ahead, gotten jobs., secured a job for their father and gotten them a rental house to live in. I know they already had close relatives in the area. They seemed to go to the same church and live with/in a few minutes walk from each other. My Grandmother said that at the same time, they were advertising for coal miners to come to America, they were advertising for miner's in Patagonia, SA., I imagine that the mining in Patagonia would be for silver (Agent refers to silver in the Spanish language.