The first underground anthracite mine opened here in June 1831 by Archbald Law, the first mining engineer of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. In 1901, during the fiftieth anniversary of the City of Carbondale, officers of the Delaware and Hudson Company were Robt. M. Olyphant, president; F.M. Olyphant, secretary; C.A. Walker, treasurer; and C.C. Rose, superintendent of the coal department.