While hunting, Ginter discovered anthracite on Sharp Mountain here in 1791. He showed it to Col. Jacob Weiss, a prominent area settler. In 1792 Weiss and others formed the Lehigh Coal Mine Co., the first anthracite company and a forerunner of Lehigh Coal and Navigation. The story of Philip Ginter (often spelled Ginder) and his “discovery” of anthracite remains one of those historical episodes that lies somewhere between fact and folklore.
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