A 1929 Anthracite Miners’ Certificate for John F. Kissinger of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________ Anthracite Miners’ Certificate No. 773 —– Act of May 9, 1889 Certificate of TO WHOM […]
A 1956 advertisement for Oakwood Coal Company, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Dial 2262 _____________________________________ From the 1956 Yearbook, the Cardinal, of the Pine Grove High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill […]
An undated photo post card picturing the culm pile at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
CHARLES EDWIN UMHOLTZ Charles Edwin Umholtz, age 48 years, 11 months and 7 days, died at his home in Gratz at eight o’clock Sunday morning, October 9th, as the result […]
VICTIM OF MINE ACCIDENT Injuries sustained when caught in a fall of coal at an independent mine operation near Locust Dale last Thursday, proved fatal to Lewis W. Kehler, of […]
A biographical sketch of Simon Sallada, also known as Salada, Sallade, & Solliday, as revised and edited from what appeared in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County: Simon Sallade… […]
A 1956 advertisement for the Thomas W. Schneck Coal Company, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ALL SIZES OF COAL PHONES: Breaker 6291; Residence 6297 _____________________________________ From the 1958 Yearbook, the […]
A 1976 photograph of the executive office of the Kocher Coal Company, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The back wall of the office appears to be a replica of the inside […]