Mount Carbon Railroad Station Platform, 1880s
A photograph from the 1880s of the platform of the Mount Carbon, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, railroad station, on which a group of executives of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and […]
Valley View – Leon E. Kocher Coal Company, 1956
A 1956 advertisement for the Leon E. Kocher Coal Company, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. LEON E. KOCHER COAL COMPANY Deep Mined, Cone Cleaned Coal TELEPHONE Valley View 100 —– […]
Williamstown Colliery – Driving the Tunnel
An undated stereoscopic view card photograph entitled “Driving the Tunnel,” believed to be the tunnel driven for the Williamstown Colliery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to information from the local […]
Jacob E. Kissinger (1898-1935) – Died of Miner’s Asthma at 37
JACOB E. KISSINGER Jacob E. Kissinger , aged 37 years, 5 months and 7 days, died at his home in Gratz, Monday evening after an illness of eight months with […]
Good Spring Breaker
An undated photo post card view of the Good Spring Breaker, Good Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This colliery was established in 1888 and it heralded the beginning of mining on […]
Williamstown Miners Going to Work
An undated photograph of a group of miners from or around Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is titled, “Miners Going to Work.” None of the individuals pictured are identified, […]
Bear Valley Plane
An undated photograph of the Bear Valley Plane. Coal from the mine at Bear Valley was raised on this plane to Hegins Mountain where it was then transported by rail […]
Henry Keiser – Reminiscences of Lykens in 1850
On 27 May 1927, the Lykens Standard published a reminiscence of Henry Keiser, Civil War veteran, of 1850 Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ REMINISCENCES Interesting Dates of Lykens 77 Years […]