An undated black & white photograph of “coal strippings” at Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The card was published by P. H. Loeper of Ashland. _____________________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]
An undated color photo post card view of inside a mine tunnel near Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Information on the rear of the card: Greetings from the anthracite coal region […]
An undated advertising item (thermometer) for the Swatara Coal Company, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. “Breaker at Zerbe, Pennsylvania, Route 209″ _______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments […]
An undated, colorized close-up view of the opening to the Bear Gap Mine Tunnel at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Bear Gap Mine Tunnel of the Lykens Valley Coal Company went approximately 3300 […]
From the Lykens Standard, September 17, 1926: $2,000,000 ELECTRIC PLANT AT LYKENS MINES The Electrical Plant, located on the property of the Susquehanna Collieries Company, this place, erected and began […]
An undated, colorized post card view of the opening of the Bear Gap Mining Tunnel at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Bear Gap Mine Tunnel of the Lykens Valley Coal Company went […]
An undated photograph of a very young coal miner. The photo, which is from the Schuylkill County Historical Society, was published in the “Looking Back” feature of the Pottsville Republican, March […]
FOOT CRUSHED BY THE CARS George Dreibelbis, aged 15 years, son of Abraham Dreibelbis, an old Grand Army resident of Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, had his foot mashed yesterday near his home […]