Coal Castles – Enterprise Colliery (1864-1935)
An undated photograph of workers separating coal and rock at the top of a breaker. The coal then travels down the center to crushers and the rock travels down the […]
Coal Castles – Stanton Colliery
A photograph taken about 1910 of an early wood coal breaker which was covered with corrugated metal panels. Note the wood Philadelphia & Reading Railroad car under the breaker loading […]
Coal Castles – Tunnel Colliery
nmn From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: The Tunnel Colliery was located south of the borough of Ashland on the south side of […]
Coal Castles – Eagle Hill Colliery
Huge refuse banks are shown behind the Eagle Hill Colliery. The breaker is on the left and the powerhouse on the right. _______________________________________ From a series of articles that appeared […]
Coal Castles – Draper Colliery (1863-1928)
A circa 1922 photograph showing the method of installing cable in Shaft No. 3 headframe at the Draper Colliery. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and […]
Williams Valley Junction – Reading Railroad Station
An undated photograph of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Station at Williams Valley Junction, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which was located at West Brookside Colliery. The ticket and telegraph office was […]
Lykens – Aerial View of Mining Operation
A colorized black and white post card aerial or birds-eye photo view said to be of a mining operation around Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The specific buildings in this photo […]
Coal Castles – Girard Colliery (1863-1928)
A photograph taken on February 5, 1889 of the old wood breaker at the Girard Colliery. Small boiler houses are at left. From a series of articles that appeared in […]