Editing Minersville, Pennsylvania (section)

==Miscellaneous==
*Minersville celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2006. A commemoration parade was held in the borough on August 26.
*Minersville was the birthplace of [[Pocket billiards|pool]] champion [[Joe Balsis]] (1921–1995).<ref name="BCAHoF">[http://www.bca-pool.com/industry/hof/ind77-84.shtml "Hall of Fame Inductees, 1977-84"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019205338/http://www.bca-pool.com/industry/hof/ind77-84.shtml |date=2006-10-19 }}, Billiard Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; accessed February 2, 2007</ref>
*[[American Civil War]] [[Union army|Union]] general [[Benjamin C. Christ]] was a native of Minersville.
*[[Big Diamond Raceway]] is located in Minersville. It is home to seasonal weekly dirt track racing.
*The [[Pottsville Maroons]] played professional football at [[Minersville Park]] during the 1920s.
*Minersville is the setting of the 2010 film ''[[Bereavement (film)|Bereavement]]''.
*Minersville is also home to Railway Restoration Project 113, caretakers of both the Minersville Railway Station and the Central Railroad of New Jersey #113 steam locomotive. The locomotive has recently been restored to operational status and occasionally powers excursions in conjunction with the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (a subsidiary of the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rrproject113.org/ |title=Railway Restoration Project 113 |author=Railway Restoration Project 113  |year=2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lgsry.com/|title=Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway|website=Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref>