Coal Castles – East Bear Ridge (Girard Tunnel) Colliery (1860-1941)
A photograph from around 1890 of a mule-drawn dump cart filled with coal with the old wooden East Bear Ridge Breaker in the background. From a series of articles that […]
Coal Castles – Suffolk Colliery (1860-1941)
A farrier at Suffolk Colliery shoes a mule for service in the mines. This photo was taken about 1900. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and […]
Coal Castles – Glendower Colliery (1856-1915)
A 1905 photograph of the winning first aid team from the Glendower Colliery. Competition meets were held among collieries to determine who had the best first aid team. From a […]
Milton O. Umholtz – Miners’ Anthracite Certificate, 1901
An original copy of the Miners’ Anthracite Certificate for Milton Oliver Umholtz (1881-1938) of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. No. 2500. Act of July 15, 1897. Certificate of Competency. To Whom […]
Coal Castles – Lawrence Colliery (1869-1914)
An interior view from around 1900 of an early wood coal breaker. By 1910, all wood breakers in the coal region had been replaced by steel breakers. From a series […]
Coal Castles – Tunnel Ridge Colliery
A photograph taken about 1930 of the Tunnel Ridge Colliery at right and at left a part of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, including a church steeple at left. From […]
Coal Castles – St. Nicholas Breaker
An undated photograph of the St. Nicholas Colliery Breaker, located between the villages of Wiggans and St. Nicholas, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville […]
Coal Castles – Big Mountain Colliery (1853-1934)
A group of six miners pictured at the No. 2 slope entrance of the Big Mountain Colliery, located just south of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. From a series of articles […]