A list of fatal mine accidents at the Williamstown Mines, 1885-1921, was provided in the Lykens-Williams Valley History, published in 1922. According to that book, names were included of employees […]
A photograph believed to have been taken around 1930 of a coal-loading operation at McClellan, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________ From the 1969 yearbook, Wildcat, of the Halifax High School, Halifax, […]
In December 1930, John E. Hoover was killed at the Big Lick Colliery of the Williamstown Mines, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His obituary, as published by a local newspaper is […]
A scene from an undated advertising post card depicting the breaker at the Westwood Colliery, on Route 209, four miles west of Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. “Producing Genuine Lykens Valley […]
A 1970 advertisement for the Hoke & Hoke Coal Company, State Street, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Grant Hoke, Proprietor ______________________________________ From the 1970 Susquehannock, the yearbook of Millersburg High School, […]
An undated photo post card view of the Perry Hills Stone Quarry, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Not the man standing on the rocks. _______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be […]
A 29 September 1925 acknowledgment of receipt of funds applied to the account of Susquehanna Collieries from J. W. Hoffman, Cashier, First National Bank of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Amount […]
TWO LOSE LIVES IN MINE Ray L. Jones, 38, and George Mucha, 19, brothers-in-law, both of Williamstown, were killed when caught by a fall of coal in an independent mine […]