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 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
A 1905 photograph of the Lehigh Valley railroad station at Lost Creek, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The caption with this photo included the following: The mule-drawn wagon at left is from […]
An undated photograph of a group of miners from or around Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Only two miners in this photo have been identified: In the center of the photo […]