Coal Castles – Bast Colliery (1853-1934)
The Bast Colliery Breaker, pictured here in a photo taken around 1920, was located near Big Mine Run Creek in Butler Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. From a series of articles […]
Coal Castles – Thomaston Colliery (1855-1899)
A mine shaft worker is pictured a work at the Thomaston Colliery about 1900. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: The Thomaston Colliery […]
Coal Castles – New Locust Gap Colliery (4 of 4)
Loaded cars are shown ascending the car haul as empty cars return in this photograph of the new Locust Gap cleaning plant. Cleaned coal was shipped to the Locust Summit […]
Coal Castles – Locust Spring Colliery (3 of 4)
The Locust Spring Colliery, near the Schuylkill County line in Northumberland County, is shown on the left and the town of Locust Gap and the Bradley School, on the right. […]
Coal Castles – Early Locust Gap Collieries (2 of 4)
A mule is harnessed and ready for service at the Locust Spring Colliery. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: In the early days […]
Coal Castles – Early Locust Gap Collieries (1 of 4)
A photograph of the original Locust Spring Breaker, one of a cluster of mining operations near Locust Gap. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in […]
Charles J. Price – Mining Inspector, 1908
CHARLES J. PRICE Charles J. Price of this place [Lykens], inspector of the 20th Anthracite District, as the son of William Price, is the only son of William Price, and […]
Coal Castles – St. Nicholas Central Breaker
This panorama of the St. Nicholas Central Breaker, opened in 1932, shows the enclosed refuse lines on the right and the Suffolk school house at the bottom right. The power […]