With reference to The Anthracite Miners Certification Act, I continue to work on my families history following their arrival from England in 1883. They settled in the Scranton area and continued their occupation as miners. As such, they undoubtly obtained certification and I had wanted to obtain, if possible, a duplicate miners certificate for my files. I learned , in a call to the Bureau of Mine Safety, Anthracite Region, that these tests were administered by local boards within the counties that the coal mines operated and often at a board members home. Unfortunately it was noted that most of these records no longer exist today. They mentioned they had some county records going back to the late1980's; but no central data base.
Thanks to those who viewed the post and I guess this answers my question.
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