 Then in 1761, the first actual Pennsylvania coalmine is recorded on the “Plan of Fort Pitts and Parts Adjacent” map.The bituminous mine was located in Fort Pitt near the top of Coal Hill, which is now downtown Pittsburgh (Edmunds, 2).Anthracite coal was first found in 1762, and then was used for the first time around 1769 by Obadiah Gore and his brother in their blacksmith shop in Wilkes-Barre.