 It took twenty-four years until the first shipment of anthracite was shipped from the borough.Mount Carmel Inn was opened in 1812 by Richard Yarnall and was strategically located on the Centre Turnpike (also known as the Reading-Sunbury Road or Old Reading Road) halfway between Pottsville and Danville.During the latter part of 1854 the Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad was completed from Shamokin to Mt.