Inside the Heckscherville Colliery breaker, 12 to 14-year-old boys pick rock and slate from the coal chutes. Several bosses stand by. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville […]
A colorized, undated photograph believed to be of men working at the Eagle Iron Works, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the men are identified. ______________________________________________ An article from a […]
LYKENS VALLEY COAL – WHEN DISCOVERED On a Sabbath day in the year 1825, Jacob Burd Sr., and Peter Kimes, then living at the lower end of Short Mountain, in […]
The Hammond Colliery in Butler Township, was formed from the Connor, or Girardville Colliery and the McMichael Colliery. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in […]
He was known by various combinations of Benjamin Walter “Archie” Roe [or Row] and also known as Benjamin Row Dietrich [or Deitrich]. He died as a result of falling down […]
The main coal hoisting slope of the West Shenandoah Colliery is pictured in the foreground, with loaded coal cars emerging to the surface. Next to it is the service slope. […]
The Locust Summit Central Breaker was built on the site of the Miriam Colliery slopes. It was the largest coal breaker site in the world when it was completed in […]
A view of Locustdale from the top of the Primrose Vein Slope of the Potts Colliery. The Keystone Colliery was located on the right side of the mountain cut along […]