An undated photograph of the Big Lick Breaker, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, probably one-half of a stereoscopic view card. _______________________________ Photo from the Sesquicentennial History of Williamstown and Williams Township, […]
An undated photograph of mule stables and other service buildings for the mines at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________ Photo from the Sesquicentennial History of Williamstown and Williams Township, Dauphin […]
CHARLES LUBOLD DIES AT LOYALTON Charles I. Lubold, aged 63 years, died at his home at Loyalton at nine o’clock Tuesday morning of last week. Mr. Lubold had worked his […]
A undated photograph of the breaker boys at the Williamstown Colliery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In the lower right corner is a handwritten description of the photo, but the date […]
A color post card view from around 1907 of the historic Mahanoy Tunnel near Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The following story appeared in the “Glimpses Into Yesteryear” feature in […]
In 1902, during the coal strike that affected the Lykens Valley mines, the mine operated by Jacob Shiro on the north side of Short Mountain in Lykens Township, near Gratz, […]
The following story about Jacob Shiro‘s Mine appeared in a Gratz history published in 1997: SHIRO’S MINE In 1886, Jacob Shiro became superintendent of a coal operation located on the […]
A 1958 advertisement for the Potts Coal Company, R.D. 3, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Dial FI 5-5572 ___________________________________ From the 1958 Yearbook, the Cardinal, of the Pine Grove High […]